About the Authors

Perry G. Ridge

Affiliations Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America, ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Taylor J. Maxwell

Affiliation Human Genetics Center, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Christopher D. Corcoran

Affiliations Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America, Center for Epidemiologic Studies, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Maria C. Norton

Affiliations Center for Epidemiologic Studies, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America, Department of Family Consumer and Human Development, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America, Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

JoAnn T. Tschanz

Affiliations Center for Epidemiologic Studies, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America, Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Elizabeth O’Brien

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Richard A. Kerber

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Richard M. Cawthon

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Ronald G. Munger

Affiliations Center for Epidemiologic Studies, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

John S. K. Kauwe

kauwe@byu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TJM EO RAK RMC JSKK. Performed the experiments: PGR TJM RMC. Analyzed the data: PGR TJM RMC JSKK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PGR TJM CDC MCN JTT RMC RGM JSKK. Wrote the paper: PGR TJM JSKK.