About the Authors

Nikki le Roex

Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Harry Noyes

Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Andrew Brass

Affiliation School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Daniel G. Bradley

Affiliation Molecular Population Genetics, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Steven J. Kemp

Affiliations Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Suzanne Kay

Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Paul D. van Helden

Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Eileen G. Hoal

egvh@sun.ac.za

Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJK DGB HN PVH EGH. Performed the experiments: SK HN. Analyzed the data: HN NLR AB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HN NLR EGH PVH AB. Wrote the paper: NLR HN PVH EGH.