About the Authors

Hunter B Fraser

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: hunter@ocf.berkeley.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Aaron E Hirsh

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Guri Giaever

Affiliation Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford, California, United States of America

Jochen Kumm

Affiliation Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford, California, United States of America

Michael B Eisen

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Genome Sciences Department, Genomics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no conflicts of interest exist.

Author Contributions

HBF conceived and performed the analyses. HBF and AEH wrote the paper. GG and JK contributed fitness data. MBE edited the paper and provided a nurturing environment.