About the Authors

Alessandro Ambrosi

Affiliation University Center of Statistics for the Biomedical Sciences, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

Ingrid K. Glad

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Danilo Pellin

Affiliation University Center of Statistics for the Biomedical Sciences, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

Claudia Cattoglio

Affiliations Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, Istituto Scientifico H. San Raffaele, Milan, Italy, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Fulvio Mavilio

Affiliations Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, Istituto Scientifico H. San Raffaele, Milan, Italy, Center for Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Clelia Di Serio

Affiliation University Center of Statistics for the Biomedical Sciences, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

Arnoldo Frigessi

frigessi@medisin.uio.no

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA IKG FM CDS AF. Performed the experiments: CC FM. Analyzed the data: AA DP IKG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FM. Wrote the paper: AA IKG CC FM CDS AF. Contributed statistical methodology: AA IKG CDS AF. Implemented the bioinformatics pipeline for blind regions: AA DP.