About the Authors

Jennifer L. Steele

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genetics Research LLC, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Richard C. Stevens

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genetics Research LLC, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Oscar A. Cabrera

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Genetics Research LLC, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gary J. Bassill

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Genetics Research LLC, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sabrina M. Cramer

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Genetics Research LLC, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Felipe Guzman

Roles Data curation, Software

Affiliation Genetics Research LLC, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Anthony P. Shuber

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

APS@gen-res.com

Affiliation Genetics Research LLC, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Genetics Research, LLC, provided support in the form of salaries for authors [JLS, RCS, OAC, GJB, SMC, FG, and APS]. Author APS is listed as an inventor on the following patents owned by Genetics Research, LLC: “Detection of Targeted Sequence Regions” (10081829), “Detection of Targeted Sequence Regions” (10370700), “Isolation of Target Nucleic Acids” (PCT/US18/037294), “Methods and Kits For Quality Control” (PCT/US18/037273), “Tumor Mutation Burden” (PCT/US18/037296), “Methods for Rare Event Detection” (10527608), “Negative-Positive Enrichment For Nucleic Acid Detection” (PCT/US18/037277), “Detection of Targeted Sequence Regions” (PCT/US18/037280), “Regulated Multiplex Reactions in a Single Tube” (PCT/US20/018964), “Selective Enrichment” (62/884498), “Selective Protection Of Nucleic Acids” (PCT/US18/037307), “Tumor Mutation Burden By Quantification of Mutations in Nucleic Acids” (16/007531), “Plasma/Serum Target Enrichment” (PCT/US18/037287), “Bodily Fluid Target Enrichment” (PCT/US18/039518), “Bodily Fluid Enrichment” (16/177784), “Sequence Specific Methylation Enrichment/Detection” (16/150962), “Sequence Specific Methylation Enrichment/Detection” (PCT/US18/054188), “Solid Phase Negative Enrichment” (16/179523), “Targeted Rare Allele CRISPR Enrichment” (62/941181), and “Methods and Systems of DNA Library Preparation for Detecting Fusions” (62/969412). Authors APS and JLS are listed as inventors on the following patent owned by Genetics Research, LLC: “Rare Nucleic Acid Detection” (PCT/US18/037312). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.