About the Authors

Sven Bocklandt

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Wen Lin

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Mary E. Sehl

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Francisco J. Sánchez

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Center for Society and Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Janet S. Sinsheimer

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Biomathematics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Steve Horvath

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Eric Vilain

evilain@ucla.edu

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Center for Society and Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB EV. Performed the experiments: SB. Analyzed the data: SB WL MS JS SH EV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB FS JS SH. Wrote the paper: SB SH EV. Helped revise manuscript: FS.