About the Authors

Karen M. Chisholm

Current address: Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Sarah D. Aubert

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Krister P. Freese

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Virginia A. Zakian

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Mary-Claire King

Affiliations Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Piri L. Welcsh

piri@u.washington.edu

Affiliations Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PLW KMC SDA KPF. Performed the experiments: PLW KMC SDA KPF. Analyzed the data: PLW KMC SDA KPF M-CK VAZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PLW KMC SDA KPF. Wrote the paper: PLW KMC M-CK.