About the Authors

Pauline C. Ng

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Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Samuel Levy

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Jiaqi Huang

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Timothy B. Stockwell

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Brian P. Walenz

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Kelvin Li

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Nelson Axelrod

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Dana A. Busam

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Robert L. Strausberg

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

J. Craig Venter

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PCN SL JCV. Performed the experiments: PCN TBS BPW NA DAB. Analyzed the data: PCN JH TBS BPW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PCN SL JH TBS BPW KL NA DAB JCV. Wrote the paper: PCN SL KL RLS.