About the Authors

David Lovell

David.Lovell@qut.edu.au

Affiliation Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Vera Pawlowsky-Glahn

Affiliation Dept. d’Informàtica, Matemàtica Aplicada i Estadística. U. de Girona, España

Juan José Egozcue

Affiliation Dept. Applied Mathematics III, U. Politécnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Samuel Marguerat

Affiliation MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Jürg Bähler

Affiliation Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB SM. Performed the experiments: JB SM. Analyzed the data: DL JJE VPG. Wrote the paper: DL VPG JJE SM JB. Developed the data analysis method: DL VPG JJE.