About the Authors

José G. B. Derraik

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

Peter W. Reed

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

Craig Jefferies

Affiliations Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Starship Children's Health, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand

Samuel W. Cutfield

Affiliation Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, 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

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: JGBD CJ PLH WSC. Performed the experiments: JGBD CJ PWR SWC WSC. Analyzed the data: PWR JGBD. Wrote the paper: JGBD. Wrote the manuscript with input and feedback from all other authors: JGBD.