About the Authors

Hana Zouk

Affiliations Endocrine Genetics Laboratory, McGill University Health Center, Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Luc Marchand

Affiliation Endocrine Genetics Laboratory, McGill University Health Center, Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Constantin Polychronakos

constantin.polychronakos@mcgill.ca

Affiliations Endocrine Genetics Laboratory, McGill University Health Center, Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Paediatrics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ CP. Performed the experiments: HZ. Analyzed the data: HZ CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LM CP. Wrote the paper: HZ CP. Provided technical expertise with experiments and interpretation of data, helped revise the manuscript critically: LM.