About the Authors

Jian-Bing Fan

jfan@illumina.com

Affiliation Research and Development, Illumina, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Jing Chen

Affiliation Research and Development, Illumina, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Craig S. April

Affiliation Research and Development, Illumina, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Jeffrey S. Fisher

Affiliation Research and Development, Illumina, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Brandy Klotzle

Affiliation Research and Development, Illumina, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Marina Bibikova

Affiliation Research and Development, Illumina, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Fiona Kaper

Affiliation Research and Development, Illumina, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Mostafa Ronaghi

Affiliation Research and Development, Illumina, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Sten Linnarsson

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Takayo Ota

Affiliation Department of Experimental Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Jeremy Chien

Affiliation Department of Experimental Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Louise C. Laurent

Affiliations Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Center for Regenerative Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Sean V. Nisperos

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Gina Y. Chen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jiang F. Zhong

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

JBF, J. Chen, CSA, JSF, BK, MB, FK and MR are employees and shareholders of Illumina, Inc., where this study was conducted. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CSA MB J. Chen JBF JSF FK MR. Performed the experiments: CSA J. Chen BK. Analyzed the data: CSA J. Chen JBF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GYC J. Chien LCL SL SVN TO JFZ. Wrote the paper: CSA JBF.