About the Authors

Jiang Wei Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiang Wei Wu, Christoph Preuss

grant.mitchell@recherche-ste-justine.qc.ca, (GAM); gregor.andelfinger@recherche-ste-justine.qc.ca. (GA); wujiangwei@nwafu.edu.cn (JWW)

Affiliations College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Christoph Preuss

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiang Wei Wu, Christoph Preuss

Affiliations The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America, Cardiovascular Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Shu Pei Wang

Affiliation Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Hao Yang

Affiliation Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Bo Ji

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Gregory W. Carter

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Rebecca Gladdy

Affiliation Division of General Surgery, the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Gregor Andelfinger

grant.mitchell@recherche-ste-justine.qc.ca, (GAM); gregor.andelfinger@recherche-ste-justine.qc.ca. (GA); wujiangwei@nwafu.edu.cn (JWW)

Affiliation Cardiovascular Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Grant A. Mitchell

grant.mitchell@recherche-ste-justine.qc.ca, (GAM); gregor.andelfinger@recherche-ste-justine.qc.ca. (GA); wujiangwei@nwafu.edu.cn (JWW)

Affiliation Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: GAM JWW CP. Formal analysis: JWW CP BJ GWC. Funding acquisition: JWW GAM. Investigation: JWW CP SPW HY. Methodology: JWW SPW HY. Resources: RG GA. Supervision: GAM GA. Writing – original draft: JWW CP GAM. Writing – review & editing: JWW GAM GA.