About the Authors
- Ginevra Biino
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* E-mail: biino@igm.cnr.it
Affiliations Institute of Population Genetics, National Research Council of Italy, Sassari, Italy, Institute of Molecular Genetics, National Research Council of Italy, Pavia, Italy
- Gianfranco Parati
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, S.Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan; Chair of Cardiology & Department of Clinical Medicine and Prevention, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- Maria Pina Concas
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Affiliation Institute of Molecular Genetics, National Research Council of Italy, Pavia, Italy
- Mauro Adamo
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Affiliation Shardna Life Sciences, Pula, Italy
- Andrea Angius
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Affiliations Institute of Population Genetics, National Research Council of Italy, Sassari, Italy, Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research, National Research Council of Italy, Monserrato, Italy
- Simona Vaccargiu
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Affiliation Institute of Population Genetics, National Research Council of Italy, Sassari, Italy
- Mario Pirastu
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Affiliations Institute of Population Genetics, National Research Council of Italy, Sassari, Italy, Shardna Life Sciences, Pula, Italy
Competing Interests
Author Mario Pirastu, had an assignment in the commercial company Shardna Life Sciences, but this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Acquisition of data: MA AA SV. Interpretation of data: MA AA SV. Conceived and designed the experiments: GB MP GP. Analyzed the data: GB MPC. Wrote the paper: GB MP GP.