About the Authors

Aleksey V. Zimin

alekseyz@ipst.umd.edu

Affiliation Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

David R. Kelley

Affiliation Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Michael Roberts

Affiliation Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Guillaume Marçais

Affiliation Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Steven L. Salzberg

Affiliation McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

James A. Yorke

Affiliation Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AZ MR DK GM SS JY. Performed the experiments: AZ MR DK. Analyzed the data: AZ MR DK. Wrote the paper: AZ JY.