About the Authors

Valeria C. Benavides

Affiliation Section of Developmental Endocrinology and Biology, Yale Pediatric Thyroid Center, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Murali K. Mallela

Affiliations Section of Developmental Endocrinology and Biology, Yale Pediatric Thyroid Center, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Carmen J. Booth

Affiliation Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Christopher C. Wendler

Affiliations Section of Developmental Endocrinology and Biology, Yale Pediatric Thyroid Center, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Scott A. Rivkees

srivkees@ufl.edu

Affiliations Section of Developmental Endocrinology and Biology, Yale Pediatric Thyroid Center, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VB MM CB CW SAR. Performed the experiments: VB MM CB CW SAR. Analyzed the data: VB MM CB CW SAR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VB MM CB CW SAR. Wrote the paper: VB MM CB CW SAR.