Correction to: Genome Biol 20, 275 (2019)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-019-1905-y

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified an error in the author name of Weijia Su.

The incorrect author name is: Weija Su

The correct author name is: Weijia Su

The author group has been updated in this correction article.