About the Authors
- Alexander Varzari
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* E-mail: varsahr@yahoo.com
Affiliations Phthisiopneumology Institute “Chiril Draganiuc”, Kishinev, Moldova, Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Tomsk, Russia, Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
- Vladimir Kharkov
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Affiliation Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Tomsk, Russia
- Alexey G. Nikitin
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Affiliation Biology Department, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, United States of America
- Florina Raicu
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Affiliations Anthropological Research Centre “Francisc Rainer”, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania, Genetics Chair, Faculty of Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
- Kseniya Simonova
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Affiliation Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Tomsk, Russia
- Wolfgang Stephan
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Affiliation Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
- Elisabeth H. Weiss
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Affiliation Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
- Vadim Stepanov
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Affiliations Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Tomsk, Russia, Genomnaya Diagnostika Ltd., Tomsk, Russia
Competing Interests
Dr. Vadim Stepanov is an employee of a commercial company “Genomnay Diagnostika Ltd.” However, this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Performed the sample collection: AV FR. Discussed the results and commented on the manuscript: AV VK AN FR KS WS EW VS. Conceived and designed the experiments: AV VK. Performed the experiments: AV VK KS FR. Analyzed the data: AV WS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VS EW. Wrote the paper: AV AN.