About the Authors
- Patricio S. La Rosa
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Affiliation Division of General Medical Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Berkley Shands
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Affiliation Division of General Medical Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Elena Deych
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Affiliation Division of General Medical Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Yanjiao Zhou
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Affiliation The Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Erica Sodergren
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Affiliation The Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- George Weinstock
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Affiliation The Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- William D. Shannon
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* E-mail: wshannon@wustl.edu
Affiliation Division of General Medical Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GW ES. Performed the experiments: GW ES YZ. Analyzed the data: PSLR BS ED WDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GW ES YZ. Wrote the paper: PSLR WDS. Designed statistical methods: PSLR WDS. Designed Software used in the analysis: PSLR BS ED WDS. Sequence samples: GW ES YZ. Taxonomic-based analysis of sequences: YZ.