About the Authors

Xi Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation, New York, New York, United States of America

Andrew F. Neuwald

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences and Department Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Leena Hilakivi-Clarke

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, United States of America

Robert Clarke

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

Affiliation Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, United States of America

Jianhua Xuan

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

xuan@vt.edu

Affiliation Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.