About the Authors

Maiko Narahara

Affiliation Statistical Genetics, Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Koichiro Higasa

Affiliation Human Disease Genomics, Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Seiji Nakamura

Affiliation DNA Chip Research Inc., Kanagawa, Japan

Yasuharu Tabara

Affiliation Human Disease Genomics, Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Takahisa Kawaguchi

Affiliation Human Disease Genomics, Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Miho Ishii

Affiliation DNA Chip Research Inc., Kanagawa, Japan

Kenichi Matsubara

Affiliation DNA Chip Research Inc., Kanagawa, Japan

Fumihiko Matsuda

Affiliation Human Disease Genomics, Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Ryo Yamada

ryamada@genome.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Statistical Genetics, Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: Co-authors Seiji Nakamura, Miho Ishii and Kenichi Matsubara are employed by the DNA Chip Research Inc. The affiliation to this company does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FM YT. Performed the experiments: SN MI KM. Analyzed the data: MN RY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YT TK. Wrote the paper: MN RY. Developed the Human Genome Variation Browser: KH.