About the Authors

Nathan A. Billings

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mark M. Emerson

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Constance L. Cepko

cepko@genetics.med.harvard.edu

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NAB CLC. Performed the experiments: NAB MME. Analyzed the data: NAB MME CLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NAB MME. Wrote the paper: NAB CLC.