About the Authors

Andrew R. Harper

Affiliations Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Bongani M. Mayosi

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Antony Rodriguez

Affiliation Department of Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Thahira Rahman

Affiliation Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Darroch Hall

Affiliation Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Chrysovalanto Mamasoula

Affiliation Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Peter J. Avery

Affiliation School of Mathematics & Statistics, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Bernard D. Keavney

b.d.keavney@ncl.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ARH BDK AR BMM. Performed the experiments: ARH DH TR BDK BMM. Analyzed the data: ARH CM PJA BMM BDK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BDK BMM. Wrote the paper: ARH AR BDK.