About the Authors

Laura Farnan

Affiliation Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Anastasia Ivanova

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Shyamal D. Peddada

peddada@niehs.nih.gov

Affiliation Biostatistics Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Peddada is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member and also currently serving as an Academic Editor of PLOS ONE. Dr. Peddada confirms that this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDP. Performed the experiments: LF. Analyzed the data: LF. Wrote the paper: SDP LF AI.