About the Authors

Katherine V. Wendelsdorf

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, United States of America

Zhuo Song

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, United States of America

Yang Cao

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, United States of America

David C. Samuels

david.samuels@chgr.mc.vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, United States of America, The Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YC DCS. Performed the experiments: KVW ZS. Analyzed the data: KVW ZS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YC. Wrote the paper: KVW ZS DCS.