About the Authors

Asa Thibodeau

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Eladio J. Márquez

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Oscar Luo

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Yijun Ruan

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Francesca Menghi

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Dong-Guk Shin

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Michael L. Stitzel

Affiliations The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Institute of Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Paola Vera-Licona

Affiliations Institute of Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Center for Quantitative Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Duygu Ucar

Duygu.ucar@jax.org

Affiliations The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Institute of Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT DGS DU. Performed the experiments: AT EJM. Analyzed the data: AT EJM FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OL YR MLS PVL. Wrote the paper: AT EJM FM PVL DU.