About the Authors

Peter C Scacheri

Affiliation Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sean Davis

Affiliation Cancer Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Duncan T Odom

Affiliation Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gregory E Crawford

Affiliation Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Stacie Perkins

Affiliation Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mohamad J Halawi

Affiliation Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sunita K Agarwal

Affiliation National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Stephen J Marx

Affiliation National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Allen M Spiegel

Affiliation National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Paul S Meltzer

Affiliation Cancer Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Francis S Collins

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: francisc@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

PCS conceived and designed the experiments. PCS, SP, and MJH performed the experiments. PCS, SD, SKA, and FSC analyzed the data. PCS, DTO, GEC, SKA, PSM, and FSC contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. SJM and AMS advised and contributed intellectually. PCS wrote the paper.