About the Authors
- Robert K. Bradley
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* E-mail: rbradley@berkeley.edu
Affiliations Department of Mathematics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Adam Roberts
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Affiliation Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Michael Smoot
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Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Sudeep Juvekar
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Affiliation Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Jaeyoung Do
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Affiliation Department of Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Colin Dewey
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Affiliations Department of Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Ian Holmes
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Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Lior Pachter
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Affiliations Department of Mathematics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Wrote the paper: RKB CD LP. Led the development of FSA, wrote most of the code base, and developed the query-specific learning method: RKB. Redesigned the sequence annealing algorithm, constituted the core development team, and managed the project: RKB CD LP. Developed the GUI: AR. Developed a preliminary version of the GUI: MS. Developed the iterative refinement technique: SJ. Developed the parellelization and database modes: JD CD. Provided advice on the dart library, including its algorithms, programming and software components: IH. Created the FSA webserver: LP.