About the Authors
- Oscar Harari
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Jen-Chyong Wang
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Kathleen Bucholz
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Howard J. Edenberg
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Andrew Heath
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Nicholas G. Martin
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Affiliation Genetic Epidemiology, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
- Michele L. Pergadia
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Grant Montgomery
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Affiliation Molecular Epidemology, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
- Andrew Schrage
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Laura J. Bierut
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Pamela F. Madden
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Alison M. Goate
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* E-mail: goatea@psychiatry.wustl.edu
Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Bierut, Dr. Goate and Dr. Wang are listed as inventors on the patent “Markers for Addiction” (US 20070258898) covering the use of certain SNPs in determining the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of addiction. Dr. Bierut acted as a consultant for Pfizer, Inc. in 2008. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: OH AMG J-CW KB HJE AH NGH GM LJB PFM. Performed the experiments: OH AS. Analyzed the data: OH AS AMG. Wrote the paper: OH AMG. Phenotype Data Collection: KB AH MLP GM AS LJB PFM. Reviewed and contributed in writing the paper: OH J-CW KB HJE AH NGM MLP GM AS PFM AMG.