About the Authors

Judith Reichmann

Contributed equally to this work with: Judith Reichmann, James H. Crichton

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

James H. Crichton

Contributed equally to this work with: Judith Reichmann, James H. Crichton

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Monika J. Madej

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Mary Taggart

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Philippe Gautier

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Jose Luis Garcia-Perez

Affiliation GENYO, Pfizer-University of Granada-Andalusian Government-Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research, Granada, Spain

Richard R. Meehan

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Ian R. Adams

Ian.Adams@igmm.ed.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, 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: JR PG JLG-P RRM IRA. Performed the experiments: JR JHC MJM MT PG IRA. Analyzed the data: JR JHC MJM PG IRA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IRA. Wrote the paper: JLG-P RRM IRA.