About the Authors

Thomas E. Bartlett

Affiliations CoMPLEX, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Deparment of Mathematics, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Alexey Zaikin

Affiliation Deparment of Mathematics, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Sofia C. Olhede

Affiliations CoMPLEX, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Deparment of Statistical Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom

James West

Affiliations CoMPLEX, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Statistical Genomics Group, University College London Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom

Andrew E. Teschendorff

Affiliation Statistical Genomics Group, University College London Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom

Martin Widschwendter

M.Widschwendter@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Womens Cancer, University College London Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Womens Health, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TEB AZ AET MW. Performed the experiments: TEB AZ AET. Analyzed the data: TEB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TEB AZ AET. Wrote the paper: TEB MW AET AZ. Initiated the study: MW. Carried out all statistical and computational analyses and presentation of results: TEB. Advised on the statistical analyses and presentation of results, and were involved in designing the study: AZ AET. Wrote the manuscript: TEB MW AET AZ. Advised on the statistical analyses: SCO. Provided ideas for manuscript presentation: JW.