About the Authors

Christina M. Whittle

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Carolina Center for the Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Karissa N. McClinic

Affiliations Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Genetics and Molecular Biology Program, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sevinc Ercan

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Carolina Center for the Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Xinmin Zhang

Affiliation Nimblegen Systems, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Roland D. Green

Affiliation Nimblegen Systems, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

William G. Kelly

Affiliations Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Genetics and Molecular Biology Program, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jason D. Lieb

jlieb@bio.unc.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Carolina Center for the Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

XZ and RDG are employed by NimbleGen Systems, Inc., a microarray company that might profit from the publication of this paper.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMW WGK JDL. Performed the experiments: CMW KNM. Analyzed the data: CMW SE WGK JDL. Wrote the paper: CMW JDL. Designed, manufactured, and hybridized the DNA microarrays: XZ RDG.