About the Authors

Mathew T Pletcher

Affiliations Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America, The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

Philip McClurg

Affiliation Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

Serge Batalov

Affiliation Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

Andrew I Su

Affiliation Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

S. Whitney Barnes

Affiliation Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

Erica Lagler

Affiliation Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

Ron Korstanje

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Xiaosong Wang

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Deborah Nusskern

Affiliation Celera Genomics, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Molly A Bogue

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Richard J Mural

Affiliation Celera Genomics, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Beverly Paigen

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Tim Wiltshire

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: timw@gnf.org

Affiliation Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no conflicts of interest exist.

Author Contributions

MTP and TW conceived and designed the experiments. MTP, SWB, EL, and TW performed the experiments. MTP, PM, SB, AIS, XW, BP, and TW analyzed the data. MTP, PM, SB, AIS, RK, XW, DN, MAB, RM, BP, and TW contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. MTP, AIS, and TW wrote the paper.