About the Authors

Clive H Glover

Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Michael Marin

Affiliations Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada , Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Connie J Eaves

Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada , Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Cheryl D Helgason

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada , Department of Cancer Endocrinology, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

James M Piret

Affiliations Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada , Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jennifer Bryan

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jenny@stat.ubc.ca

Affiliations Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada , Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

CHG, CJE, CDH, and JMP conceived and designed the experiments. CHG and CDH performed the experiments. CHG, MM, and JB analyzed the data. CDH contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. CHG, CJE, JMP, and JB wrote the paper.