About the Authors

Pengyi Yang

pengyi.yang@nih.gov (PY); jothi@mail.nih.gov (RJ)

Affiliations Epigenetics & Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Biostatistics Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Xiaofeng Zheng

Affiliation Epigenetics & Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Vivek Jayaswal

Affiliation Centre for Mathematical Biology, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Guang Hu

Affiliation Epigenetics & Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Jean Yee Hwa Yang

Affiliation Centre for Mathematical Biology, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Raja Jothi

pengyi.yang@nih.gov (PY); jothi@mail.nih.gov (RJ)

Affiliations Epigenetics & Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Biostatistics Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PY. Performed the experiments: PY. Analyzed the data: PY RJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PY XZ VJ GH JYHY RJ. Wrote the paper: PY RJ.