Correction to: BMC Bioinformatics (2021) 22:447 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-021-04365-4

Following the publication of the original article [1], the authors identified that the corresponding author was incorrectly assigned.

The incorrect corresponding author is: Linyu Wang.

The correct corresponding author is: Yuanning Liu.

The original article [1] has been corrected.