About the Authors

Lisa J. Martin

Lisa.martin@cchmc.org

Affiliations Divisions of Human Genetics and Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Ahmed H. Kissebah

Affiliations Human and Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Michael Olivier

Affiliations Human and Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJM AHK MO. Performed the experiments: MO AHK. Analyzed the data: LJM MO. Wrote the paper: LJM MO.