About the Authors

David C. Samuels

Contributed equally to this work with: David C. Samuels, Chun Li

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Chun Li

Contributed equally to this work with: David C. Samuels, Chun Li

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Bingshan Li

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Zhuo Song

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Eric Torstenson

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Hayley Boyd Clay

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Antonis Rokas

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Tricia A. Thornton-Wells

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jason H. Moore

Affiliation Dartmouth Medical School, Department of Genetics, Computational Genetics Lab, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Tia M. Hughes

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Robert D. Hoffman

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jonathan L. Haines

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Deborah G. Murdock

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Douglas P. Mortlock

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Scott M. Williams

scott.williams@dartmouth.edu

Affiliations Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Dartmouth Medical School, Department of Genetics, Computational Genetics Lab, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DCS CL BL JLH DGM DPM SMW. Performed the experiments: DCS CL BL ET HBC TMH DGM DPM. Analyzed the data: DCS CL BL ZS ET AR TATW JHM SMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TMH RDH DPM SMW. Wrote the paper: DCS CL BL AR TATW JHM JLH DGM DPM SMW.