About the Authors

Andrey V. Khrunin

khrunin@img.ras.ru

Affiliation Department of Molecular Bases of Human Genetics, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Denis V. Khokhrin

Affiliation Department of Molecular Bases of Human Genetics, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Irina N. Filippova

Affiliation Department of Molecular Bases of Human Genetics, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Tõnu Esko

Affiliations Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia

Mari Nelis

Affiliations Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia, Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland

Natalia A. Bebyakova

Affiliation Deparment of Medical Biology and Genetics, Northern State Medical University, Archangelsk, Russia

Natalia L. Bolotova

Affiliation Deparment of Ecology and Zoology, Vologda State Pedagogical University, Vologda, Russia

Janis Klovins

Affiliation Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia

Liene Nikitina-Zake

Affiliation Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia

Karola Rehnström

Affiliations Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institiute, Hinxton, United Kingdom

Samuli Ripatti

Affiliations Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institiute, Hinxton, United Kingdom

Stefan Schreiber

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Popgen Biobank, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany

Andre Franke

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany

Milan Macek

Affiliation Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, University Hospital Motol and Second School of Medicine, Charles University Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Veronika Krulišová

Affiliation Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, University Hospital Motol and Second School of Medicine, Charles University Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Jan Lubinski

Affiliation Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Andres Metspalu

Affiliations Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia

Svetlana A. Limborska

Affiliation Department of Molecular Bases of Human Genetics, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AVK SAL. Performed the experiments: AVK DVK TE MN. Analyzed the data: AVK DVK INF TE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TE MN NAB NLB JK LNZ KR SR SS AF MM VK JL AM SAL. Wrote the paper: AVK SAL.