Correction to: Human Genome Variation (2015) 2, 15024; doi:10.1038/hgv.2015.24; published online 30 July 2015

After online publication of this article, the authors noticed an error in the title page section. Dr Nobumasa Kato's name was inadvertently omitted from the author list. The correct list of authors and affiliation is shown.

The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused.