About the Authors

The Reference Genome Group of the Gene Ontology Consortium

pgaudet@northwestern.edu

Membership of the Reference Genome Group of the Gene Ontology Consortium is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: The Reference Genome Group of the Gene Ontology Consortium. Analyzed the data: The Reference Genome Group of the Gene Ontology Consortium. Wrote the paper: The Reference Genome Group of the Gene Ontology Consortium.