About the Authors

Peter Langfelder

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Paul S. Mischel

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Steve Horvath

shorvath@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Departments of Human Genetics and Biostatistics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The corresponding author (SH) is an Associate Editor of PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PL PSM SH. Analyzed the data: PL. Wrote the paper: PL SH.