About the Authors

Xin Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Xin Li, Jintian Hu

Affiliations Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Key Laboratory of Genome Science and Information, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China, Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital of the Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Jintian Hu

Contributed equally to this work with: Xin Li, Jintian Hu

Affiliation Department of Ear Reconstruction, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China

Jiao Zhang

Affiliation Department of Ear Reconstruction, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China

Qian Jin

Affiliation Department of Ear Reconstruction, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China

Duen-Mei Wang

Affiliation Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Key Laboratory of Genome Science and Information, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Jun Yu

Affiliation Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Key Laboratory of Genome Science and Information, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Qingguo Zhang

plastic135@126.com (QZ); zhangyongbiao@gmail.com (YBZ)

Affiliation Department of Ear Reconstruction, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China

Yong-Biao Zhang

plastic135@126.com (QZ); zhangyongbiao@gmail.com (YBZ)

Affiliation Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Key Laboratory of Genome Science and Information, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YBZ QZ. Performed the experiments: JH QJ. Analyzed the data: XL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JY. Wrote the manuscript: YBZ DMW JZ.