About the Authors

Nicolas Buisine

Affiliation UMR CNRS 7221, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Xiaoan Ruan

Affiliations The Jackson Laboratory of Genomic Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Patrice Bilesimo

Affiliations UMR CNRS 7221, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, Watchfrog S.A.S., Evry, France

Alexis Grimaldi

Affiliation UMR CNRS 7221, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Gladys Alfama

Affiliation UMR CNRS 7221, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Pramila Ariyaratne

Affiliation Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Fabianus Mulawadi

Affiliation Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Jieqi Chen

Affiliation Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Wing-Kin Sung

Affiliation Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Edison T. Liu

Affiliations The Jackson Laboratory of Genomic Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Barbara A. Demeneix

Affiliation UMR CNRS 7221, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Yijun Ruan

Yijun.Ruan@jax.org (YR); sachs@mnhn.fr (LMS)

Affiliations The Jackson Laboratory of Genomic Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Laurent M. Sachs

Yijun.Ruan@jax.org (YR); sachs@mnhn.fr (LMS)

Affiliation UMR CNRS 7221, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Competing Interests

Watchfrog S.A.S. provided support in form of salaries for author (P.B.). This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMS NB YR ETL BAD. Performed the experiments: NB XR PB GA LMS. Analyzed the data: NB AG PA FM JC WKS LMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PA. Wrote the paper: NB XR BAD YR LMS.