About the Authors

Ana Maria Garcia

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

R. Brent Calder

Affiliation Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Genetics, New York, New York, United States of America

Martijn E. T. Dollé

Affiliation National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Martha Lundell

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Pankaj Kapahi

Affiliation Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, California, United States of America

Jan Vijg

jan.vijg@einstein.yu.edu

Affiliation Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Genetics, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMG ML PK JV. Performed the experiments: AMG. Analyzed the data: AMG RBC METD ML PK JV. Wrote the paper: AMG JV.