About the Authors

Colin Selman

c.selman@abdn.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Linda Partridge

Affiliation Institute of Healthy Ageing, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Dominic J. Withers

Affiliation Metabolic Signaling Group, Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS DJW. Performed the experiments: CS. Analyzed the data: CS LP DJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJW. Wrote the paper: CS LP DJW.