About the Authors

Josef Thingnes

joseft@ifi.uio.no

Affiliation Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Timothy J. Lavelle

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Eivind Hovig

Affiliations Department of Tumor Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Informatics, The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Medical Informatics, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Stig W. Omholt

Affiliations Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway, Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JT TJL SWO. Performed the experiments: JT. Wrote the paper: JT. Revised manuscript: EH SWO. Performed the simulations and analysis: JT. Conceived the paper: JT TJL EH SWO.