About the Authors

Michael I. Love

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

michaelisaiahlove@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Charlotte Soneson

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland

Peter F. Hickey

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Epigenetics and Development Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Lisa K. Johnson

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

N. Tessa Pierce

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Lori Shepherd

Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Martin Morgan

Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Rob Patro

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: RP is a co-founder of Ocean Genomics.