About the Authors

Feng Ding

Current address: Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Hong Hua Li

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Jun Li

Current address: Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Richard M. Myers

Current address: HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Uta Francke

ufrancke@stanford.edu

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FD UF. Performed the experiments: FD HHL. Analyzed the data: FD JL UF. Wrote the paper: FD. Edited and revised manuscript: UF. Contributed to manuscript writing: JL. Director of Human Genome Center where microarray hybridization and data analysis were performed: RMM. Partially edited manuscript: RMM.