About the Authors

Pascale Quignon

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

Laetitia Herbin

Affiliation CNRS UMR6061 Génétique et Développement, Université de Rennes 1, IFR140, CS 34317, Rennes, France

Edouard Cadieu

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

Ewen F. Kirkness

Affiliation The J Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Benoit Hédan

Affiliation CNRS UMR6061 Génétique et Développement, Université de Rennes 1, IFR140, CS 34317, Rennes, France

Dana S. Mosher

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

Francis Galibert

Affiliation CNRS UMR6061 Génétique et Développement, Université de Rennes 1, IFR140, CS 34317, Rennes, France

Catherine André

Affiliation CNRS UMR6061 Génétique et Développement, Université de Rennes 1, IFR140, CS 34317, Rennes, France

Elaine A. Ostrander

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: eostrand@mail.nih.gov (EO); hitte@univ-rennes1.fr (CH)

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

Christophe Hitte

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: eostrand@mail.nih.gov (EO); hitte@univ-rennes1.fr (CH)

Affiliation CNRS UMR6061 Génétique et Développement, Université de Rennes 1, IFR140, CS 34317, Rennes, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EO BH FG CA CH. Performed the experiments: PQ EC LH. Analyzed the data: PQ CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EO DM EK FG CA. Wrote the paper: EO PQ FG CH.