About the Authors

Stephen M. Rumble

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Phil Lacroute

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Adrian V. Dalca

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Marc Fiume

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Arend Sidow

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Michael Brudno

brudno@cs.toronto.edu

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Banting & Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMR PL AS MB. Performed the experiments: SMR PL AVD MF. Analyzed the data: SMR PL AVD MF AS MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS. Wrote the paper: SMR PL AVD MF AS MB.