About the Authors

Anthony G. Comuzzie

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Shelley A. Cole

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Sandra L. Laston

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

V. Saroja Voruganti

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Karin Haack

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Richard A. Gibbs

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Nancy F. Butte

nbutte@bcm.edu

Affiliation USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AGC SAC RAG NFB. Performed the experiments: SAC KH NFB. Analyzed the data: SLL VSV KH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAC KH. Wrote the paper: AGC SAC SLL VSV KH RAG NFB.