Author information:
(1)Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 
Piscataway, USA.
(2)Laboratory for Bone and Joint Diseases, Center for Integrative Medical 
Sciences, RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan.
(3)Laboratory for Medical Science Mathematics, Center for Integrative Medical 
Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan.
(4)Seay Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for 
Children, Dallas, USA School of Biotechnology, SMVDU, Katra, India.
(5)Laboratory for Bone and Joint Diseases, Center for Integrative Medical 
Sciences, RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of 
Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
(6)Laboratory for Statistical Analysis, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, 
Riken, Yokohama, Japan.
(7)Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, 
Tokyo, Japan.
(8)Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, 
Dallas, USA Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical 
Center at Dallas, Dallas, USA.
(9)Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong 
Kong, Hong Kong, China Joint Scoliosis Research Center, The Chinese University 
of Hong Kong and Nanjing University, Hong Kong, China.
(10)Functional Genomics and Biostatistical Computing Laboratory, Shenzhen 
Research Institute of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 
Department of Chemical Pathology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, 
Hong Kong SAR, China.
(11)Department of Biochemistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
(12)Department of Spine Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing 
University Medical School, Nanjing, China.
(13)Department of Orthopedics, The Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 
Guangzhou, China.
(14)Department of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen 
University, Guangzhou, China.
(15)Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
(16)Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Hong Kong, Hong 
Kong, China.
(17)Seay Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for 
Children, Dallas, USA Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas 
Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, USA Department of Pediatrics, 
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, USA McDermott 
Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Texas Southwestern 
Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, USA.