About the Authors

Julia Ling-Yu Chen

Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Joseph E. Lucas

Affiliation Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Thies Schroeder

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Seiichi Mori

Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Jianli Wu

Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Joseph Nevins

Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Mark Dewhirst

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Mike West

Affiliation Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Jen-Tsan Chi

chi00002@mc.duke.edu

Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLYC MW JTC. Performed the experiments: JLYC TS JW JTC. Analyzed the data: JLYC JEL SM JN MD MW JTC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JEL JTC. Wrote the paper: JLYC JEL JN MW JTC.