About the Authors

Patricia Balaresque

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Georgina R. Bowden

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Susan M. Adams

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Ho-Yee Leung

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Turi E. King

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Zoë H. Rosser

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Jane Goodwin

Affiliation Ty Celyn, Maeshafod, Blaina, Gwent, United Kingdom

Jean-Paul Moisan

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Etude du Polymorphisme de l'ADN, Faculté de Médecine, Nantes, France

Christelle Richard

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Etude du Polymorphisme de l'ADN, Faculté de Médecine, Nantes, France

Ann Millward

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Research Group, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Andrew G. Demaine

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Research Group, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Guido Barbujani

Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia ed Evoluzione, Università di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Carlo Previderè

Affiliation Dipartimento di Medicina Legale e Sanità Pubblica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Ian J. Wilson

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Chris Tyler-Smith

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, United Kingdom

Mark A. Jobling

maj4@le.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: CTS MAJ. Performed the experiments: PB GB SA HYL ZHR. Analyzed the data: PB IJW MAJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TEK ZHR JG JPM AM AGD GB CP. Wrote the paper: PB CTS MAJ.