About the Authors

Kyoko E. Yuki

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, Complex Traits Group of the McGill Life Sciences Complex, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Megan M. Eva

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, Complex Traits Group of the McGill Life Sciences Complex, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Etienne Richer

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, Complex Traits Group of the McGill Life Sciences Complex, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Dudley Chung

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Marilène Paquet

Affiliation Comparative Medicine and Animal Resources Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Mathieu Cellier

Affiliation Centre INRS-Institut Armand Frappier, Laval, Quebec, Canada

François Canonne-Hergaux

Affiliations INSERM U1043-CPTP, Toulouse, France, CNRS, U5282, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan (CPTP), Toulouse, France

Sophie Vaulont

Affiliation INSERM, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France

Silvia M. Vidal

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, Complex Traits Group of the McGill Life Sciences Complex, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Danielle Malo

danielle.malo@mcgill.ca

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, Complex Traits Group of the McGill Life Sciences Complex, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Contributed to the preparation of the paper: MME ER FCH SV SMV. Conceived and designed the experiments: KEY MME ER DM. Performed the experiments: KEY MME ER DC. Analyzed the data: KEY MME ER DC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FCH MC MP SMV SV. Wrote the paper: KEY DM.