About the Authors

David E. Nelson

nelsonde@indiana.edu (DEN); jfortenb@iupui.edu (JDF)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Qunfeng Dong

Contributed equally to this work with: Qunfeng Dong, Barbara Van Der Pol

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America

Barbara Van Der Pol

Contributed equally to this work with: Qunfeng Dong, Barbara Van Der Pol

Affiliation School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Evelyn Toh

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Baochang Fan

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Barry P. Katz

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Deming Mi

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Ruichen Rong

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America

George M. Weinstock

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

Erica Sodergren

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

J. Dennis Fortenberry

nelsonde@indiana.edu (DEN); jfortenb@iupui.edu (JDF)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DEN BVDP QD GMW ES BPK JDF. Performed the experiments: JDF BVDP BF ET GMW ES. Analyzed the data: DEN BVDP BPK DM JDF RR QD. Wrote the paper: DEN JDF.