About the Authors

Rabia Habib

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Muhammad Ansar

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Manuel Mattheisen

Affiliations Department of Genomic Mathematics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Muhammad Shahid

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Ghazanfar Ali

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Wasim Ahmad

wahmad@qau.edu.pk

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Regina C. Betz

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RH WA. Performed the experiments: RH MS. Analyzed the data: RH MM WA RCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCB WA. Wrote the paper: RH RCB WA. Sampled the family: MA GA.