About the Authors

Ruth Boxall

Affiliation Medical Genetics Section, Molecular Medicine Centre, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

David J. Porteous

Affiliation Medical Genetics Section, Molecular Medicine Centre, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Pippa A. Thomson

Pippa.Thomson@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Medical Genetics Section, Molecular Medicine Centre, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB DJP PAT. Performed the experiments: RB PAT. Analyzed the data: RB PAT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJP. Wrote the paper: RB DJP PAT.