About the Authors

Melanie A. Carless

mcarless@txbiomedgenetics.org

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

Hemant Kulkarni

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

Mark Z. Kos

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

Jac Charlesworth

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Juan M. Peralta

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

Harald H. H. Göring

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

Joanne E. Curran

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

Laura Almasy

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

Thomas D. Dyer

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

Anthony G. Comuzzie

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

Michael C. Mahaney

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

John Blangero

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAC JB. Performed the experiments: MAC. Analyzed the data: MAC HK MZK JC JMP HHHG LA TDD MCM JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JEC AGC. Wrote the paper: MAC HK MZK.