About the Authors

Hinco J. Gierman

Affiliation Depts. of Developmental Biology and Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States of America

Kristen Fortney

Affiliation Depts. of Developmental Biology and Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States of America

Jared C. Roach

Affiliation Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Natalie S. Coles

Affiliations Gerontology Research Group, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Hong Li

Affiliation Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Gustavo Glusman

Affiliation Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Glenn J. Markov

Affiliation Depts. of Developmental Biology and Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States of America

Justin D. Smith

Affiliation Depts. of Developmental Biology and Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States of America

Leroy Hood

Affiliation Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA, United States of America

L. Stephen Coles

Affiliations Gerontology Research Group, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Stuart K. Kim

stuartkm@stanford.edu

Affiliation Depts. of Developmental Biology and Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKK LSC LH HJG KF. Performed the experiments: HJG KF JCR HL GG GJM JDS. Analyzed the data: HJG KF JCR HL GG GJM JDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NSC LSC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HJG KF JCR NSC HL GG GJM JDS LH LSC SKK.