About the Authors

Barbara J. Davis

Affiliation Biomedical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America

John I. Risinger

Affiliation Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Gadisetti V. R. Chandramouli

Affiliation Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Pierre R. Bushel

Affiliation Biostatistics Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Donna Day Baird

Affiliation Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Shyamal D. Peddada

Peddada@niehs.nih.gov

Affiliation Biostatistics Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BJD JIR DDB SDP. Performed the experiments: BJD JIR DDB SDP. Analyzed the data: GVRC PRB SDP. Wrote the paper: BJD JIR DDB SDP.