About the Authors

Kara E. Powder

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Yuan-Chieh Ku

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Samantha A. Brugmann

Affiliation Division of Plastic Surgery, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Rose A. Veile

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Nicole A. Renaud

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Jill A. Helms

Affiliation Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Michael Lovett

lovett@genetics.wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KEP SAB JAH ML. Performed the experiments: KEP YCK SAB RAV. Analyzed the data: KEP YCK SAB NAR ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YCK SAB NAR JAH ML. Wrote the paper: KEP SAB JAH NAR ML.