About the Authors

Nathan Fortier

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

fortier@goldenhelix.com

Affiliation Research and Development, Golden Helix, Inc., Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Gabe Rudy

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research and Development, Golden Helix, Inc., Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Andreas Scherer

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research and Development, Golden Helix, Inc., Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

All authors are employees of Golden Helix, Inc., which develops and distributes the VarSeq software containing the Legacy Ensemble splice prediction algorithms evaluated in this study. As employees, all authors receive salaries and standard employment benefits from Golden Helix, Inc. Golden Helix has no commercial relationship with the developers of SpliceAI, OpenSpliceAI, or CI-SpliceAI. The authors hold no relevant patents, consultancy roles, or financial interests in any other products or technologies evaluated in this study. The design, conduct, and reporting of this research were not influenced by commercial considerations. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.