About the Authors

Miles C. Benton

Affiliation Genomics Research Centre, Institute of Biomedical Health and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Rodney A. Lea

Affiliation Genomics Research Centre, Institute of Biomedical Health and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Donia Macartney-Coxson

Affiliation Biomarkers Group, Kenepuru Science Centre, Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Wellington, New Zealand

Michelle Hanna

Affiliation Genomics Research Centre, Institute of Biomedical Health and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

David A. Eccles

Affiliation Genomics Research Centre, Institute of Biomedical Health and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Melanie A. Carless

Affiliation Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Geoffrey K. Chambers

Affiliation School of Biological Science, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Claire Bellis

Affiliation Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Harald H. Goring

Affiliation Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Joanne E. Curran

Affiliation Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Jacquie L. Harper

Affiliation Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington, New Zealand

Gregory Gibson

Affiliation School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

John Blangero

Affiliation Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Lyn R. Griffiths

lyn.griffiths@qut.edu.au

Affiliation Genomics Research Centre, Institute of Biomedical Health and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCB RAL. Performed the experiments: MAC JEC CB MH MCB DAE HHG. Analyzed the data: MCB DAE RAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LRG JB HHG GG. Wrote the paper: MCB RAL DMC GKC JEC JLH GG LRG.