About the Authors

Kevin J. McKernan

Kevin.McKernan@courtagen.com

Affiliation Courtagen Life Sciences, Woburn, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jessica Spangler

Affiliation Courtagen Life Sciences, Woburn, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lei Zhang

Affiliation Courtagen Life Sciences, Woburn, Massachusetts, United States of America

Vasisht Tadigotla

Affiliation Courtagen Life Sciences, Woburn, Massachusetts, United States of America

Stephen McLaughlin

Affiliation Courtagen Life Sciences, Woburn, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jason Warner

Affiliation Courtagen Life Sciences, Woburn, Massachusetts, United States of America

Amir Zare

Affiliation Courtagen Life Sciences, Woburn, Massachusetts, United States of America

Richard G. Boles

Affiliation Courtagen Life Sciences, Woburn, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

All authors with the exception of Dr. Boles are employees of Courtagen Life Sciences, which is a CAP/CLIA-certified next generation sequencing laboratory. Publication of Courtagens methods may or may not impact the financial condition of the company. Dr. Boles is a consultant to Courtagen Life Sciences. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJM RB. Performed the experiments: JS LZ. Analyzed the data: SM JW VT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AZ RB. Wrote the paper: KJM.