About the Authors
- Xu Gu
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* E-mail: Xu.Gu@igmm.ed.ac.uk
Affiliation Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Medical Research Council Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- David Reid
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Affiliation Gold Standard Simulations Ltd., The Rankine Building, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Desmond J. Higham
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Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- David Gilbert
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Affiliation School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics, Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests. David Reid is employed by Gold Standard Simulations Ltd. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: XG DR DJH DG. Performed the experiments: XG. Analyzed the data: XG DR. Wrote the paper: XG DR DJH DG.