About the Authors

Daniel W. Serber

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Allison Rogala

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Maisam Makarem

Affiliations Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Gary B. Rosson

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Karl Simin

Current address: Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Virginia Godfrey

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Terry Van Dyke

Current address: Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Connie J. Eaves

Affiliations Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Scott J. Bultman

Scott_Bultman@med.unc.edu

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: DWS MM GBR SJB. Analyzed the data: AR VG CJE SJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS TVD. Wrote the paper: CJE SJB.