Correction to: European Journal of Human Genetics (2017) 25, 493–498; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2016.198; published online 1 February 2017

Post publication, the authors realised that institutional affiliation of some of the co-authors were incorrect. The correct affiliation of the authors are:

Niraj Rai and Kumarasamy Thangaraj–CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India

Rakesh Kumar Upadhyay–Bharat Addhyan Kendra, Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Rajendra Prasad Meena–Prakash Hospitals and Trauma Centre, Mau, India