About the Authors

Michael Roberts

Affiliation Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Aleksey V. Zimin

alekseyz@ipst.umd.edu

Affiliation Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Wayne Hayes

Current address: Department of Computer Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Affiliation Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Brian R. Hunt

Affiliation Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Cevat Ustun

Current address: Department of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America

Affiliation Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

James R. White

Affiliation Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Paul Havlak

Current address: National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

James Yorke

Affiliation Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR AZ WH BH JY CU. Performed the experiments: MR AZ WH JW CU. Analyzed the data: MR PH AZ WH JW CU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PH. Wrote the paper: AZ WH JY. Other: Headed the project: JY. PI on the grant: JY.