About the Authors

Rajiv C. McCoy

rmccoy@stanford.edu (RM), dpetrov@stanford.edu (DP)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Zachary P. Demko

Affiliation Natera, Inc., San Carlos, California, United States of America

Allison Ryan

Affiliation Natera, Inc., San Carlos, California, United States of America

Milena Banjevic

Affiliation Natera, Inc., San Carlos, California, United States of America

Matthew Hill

Affiliation Natera, Inc., San Carlos, California, United States of America

Styrmir Sigurjonsson

Affiliation Natera, Inc., San Carlos, California, United States of America

Matthew Rabinowitz

Affiliation Natera, Inc., San Carlos, California, United States of America

Dmitri A. Petrov

rmccoy@stanford.edu (RM), dpetrov@stanford.edu (DP)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: DAP has received stock options in Natera, Inc., as consulting fees. ZPD, AR, MB, MH, SS, and MR are full-time employees of and hold stock or options to hold stock in Natera, Inc. Stanford University filed a provisional patent related to this work with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on 14 November 2014 (USSN 62/080,251).

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAP ZPD. Analyzed the data: RCM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZPD AR MB MH SS MR DAP. Wrote the paper: RCM ZPD DAP.