About the Authors

Jean Francois Lefebvre

Affiliation Centre de Recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Emilio Vello

Current address: Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Affiliation Centre de Recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Bing Ge

Affiliation McGill University and Genome Québec Innovation Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Stephen B. Montgomery

Current address: Departments of Pathology and Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis

Affiliations Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Tomi Pastinen

Affiliations McGill University and Genome Québec Innovation Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Department of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Damian Labuda

damian.labuda@umontreal.ca

Affiliations Centre de Recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Département de Pédiatrie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DL TP JFL. Performed the experiments: JFL EV. Analyzed the data: JFL EV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TP BG SBM ETD. Wrote the paper: DL. Participated in manuscript writing: JFL TP.