About the Authors

Simon Melov

Contributed equally to this work with: Simon Melov, Mark A. Tarnopolsky

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: smelov@buckinstitute.org (SM); tarnopol@mcmaster.ca (MT)

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

Mark A. Tarnopolsky

Contributed equally to this work with: Simon Melov, Mark A. Tarnopolsky

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: smelov@buckinstitute.org (SM); tarnopol@mcmaster.ca (MT)

Affiliation McMaster University, Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, Hamilton, Canada

Kenneth Beckman

Affiliation Center for Genetics, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, United States of America

Krysta Felkey

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

Alan Hubbard

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM MT. Performed the experiments: KB MT KF. Analyzed the data: KB SM AH MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KB SM MT. Wrote the paper: KB SM AH MT.