About the Authors

James Kozubek

Contributed equally to this work with: James Kozubek, Zhihai Ma

Affiliations Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Zhihai Ma

Contributed equally to this work with: James Kozubek, Zhihai Ma

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

Elizabeth Fleming

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Tatiana Duggan

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Rong Wu

Affiliation Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science Biostatics Center, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Dong-Guk Shin

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Soheil S. Dadras

dadras@uchc.edu

Affiliations Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

Soheil S. Dadras is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. 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: SSD. Performed the experiments: JK ZM EF TD RW. Analyzed the data: JK ZM EF SSD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DGS SSD. Wrote the paper: JK SSD. Confirmed histological diagnoses: SSD.