About the Authors

Samuel W. Cutfield

Affiliation Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

José G. B. Derraik

Affiliation Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Peter W. Reed

Affiliation Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand

Paul L. Hofman

Affiliations Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, National Research Centre for Growth and Development, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Craig Jefferies

Affiliation Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand

Wayne S. Cutfield

w.cutfield@auckland.ac.nz

Affiliations Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, National Research Centre for Growth and Development, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC WSC PLH CJ JGBD. Performed the experiments: SC. Analyzed the data: PR JGBD. Wrote the paper: SC WSC JGBD. Revised the manuscript and contributed to discussion: SC WSC PLH JGBD CJ PR.