Erratum to: Hum Genet DOI 10.1007/s00439-015-1562-5

The second author’s initial was missing, and the fifth to eighth authors’ initials were incorrect. The correct names are Tomas W. Fitzgerald, Blair H. Smith, Anna F. Dominiczak, Andrew D. Morris, and David J. Porteous.

The complete author list is given below:

Wei Wei, Tomas W. Fitzgerald, Qasim Ayub, Andrea Massaia, Blair H. Smith, Anna F. Dominiczak, Andrew D. Morris, David J. Porteous, Matthew E. Hurles, Chris Tyler-Smith, Yali Xue