About the Authors

Emily F. Freed

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

José-Luis Prieto

Affiliation Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Life Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

Kathleen L. McCann

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Brian McStay

Affiliation Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Life Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

Susan J. Baserga

susan.baserga@yale.edu

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJB BM EFF. Performed the experiments: EFF J-LP KLM. Analyzed the data: SJB BM EFF J-LP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJB BM EFF J-LP. Wrote the paper: SJB EFF BM J-LP.