Erratum to: npj Systems Biology and Applications (2017); doi:10.1038/s41540-017-0016-1; Published 2 June 2017

After online publication of this article, the authors noticed an error in Supplemental File 7 (VPop_Simulator.m).

The file as has been corrected and replaced with VPop_Simulator_fixed.m.

The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused.