About the Authors

Jeremy L. Peirce

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jpeirce@utmem.edu

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Karl W. Broman

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Lu Lu

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Robert W. Williams

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KB JP. Analyzed the data: KB RW JP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL. Wrote the paper: JP. Other: Provided support, advice, and editing: RW LL. Wrote code: JP.