About the Authors

Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson

prokuninal@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Lee M. Kaplan

Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Weight Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Eric E. Schadt

Affiliation Pacific Biosciences, Menlo Park, California, United States of America

Francis S. Collins

Affiliation Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LPO LMK EES FSC. Performed the experiments: LPO. Analyzed the data: LPO EES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LMK EES. Wrote the paper: LPO EES FSC.