About the Authors

Marquitta J. White

Affiliations Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Genetics and Institute of Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Nuri M. Kodaman

Affiliations Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Genetics and Institute of Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Reed H. Harder

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Institute of Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Folkert W. Asselbergs

Affiliations Department Heart & Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX, Utrecht, the Netherlands, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, 222 Euston Road, London, United Kingdom, Durrer Center for Cardiogenetic Research, ICIN-Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Douglas E. Vaughan

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Nancy J. Brown

Affiliation Department of Medicine Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jason H. Moore

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Institute of Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Scott M. Williams

scott.williams@dartmouth.edu

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Institute of Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJW NMK FWA JHM SMW. Performed the experiments: MJW RHH DEV NJB. Analyzed the data: MJW RHH NMK SMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJW NMK RHH DEV NJB. Wrote the paper: MJW NMK FWA NJB JHM SMW.