About the Authors

Marquitta J. White

Affiliations Center for Human Genetic Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Fatih Eren

Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

Deniz Agirbasli

Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, Acıbadem University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

Scott M. Williams

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Mehmet Agirbasli

magirbasli@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJW SMW MA. Performed the experiments: FE DA MA. Analyzed the data: MJW SMW MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FE DA. Wrote the paper: MA MJW SMW. Designed the software used in analysis: MJW SMW. Designed the study: MA. Performed the laboratory experiments: FE DA.