Peter J. O’Shaughnessy:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5651-7883
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole:
ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review
& editing
Jean Philippe Antignac: Role: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: Project administrationRole: Supervision
Bruno Le Bizec: Role: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole: Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole:
Validation
Marie-Line Morvan: Role: InvestigationRole: Validation
Konstantin Svechnikov: Role: InvestigationRole: Supervision
Olle Söder: Role: Funding acquisitionRole: Supervision
Iuliia Savchuk: Role: Investigation
Ana Monteiro: Role: Investigation
Ugo Soffientini: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Zoe C. Johnston:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0904-7166
Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Michelle Bellingham:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3646-8989
Role: InvestigationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Denise Hough:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5478-693X
Role: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Natasha Walker:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1955-4682
Role: InvestigationRole: Resources
Panagiotis Filis:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4121-9354
Role: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Paul A. Fowler:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-9075
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole: Project
administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – original draftRole:
Writing – review & editing
Emma Rawlins: Role: Academic Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS Biol
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS Biol
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosbiol
Title:
PLoS Biology
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Print):
1544-9173
ISSN
(Electronic):
1545-7885
Publication date
(Electronic):
14
February
2019
Publication date Collection:
February
2019
Publication date PMC-release: 14
February
2019
Volume: 17
Issue: 2
Electronic Location Identifier: e3000002
Affiliations
[1
]
Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical,
Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
[2
]
Laboratoire d'Etude des Résidus et Contaminants dans les Aliments (LABERCA), UMR Oniris-INRA
1329, Université Bretagne Loire, Nantes, France
[3
]
Department of Women's and Children's Health, Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Karolinska
Institute and University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
[4
]
Institute of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition,
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
University of Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM
Author notes
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PBIOLOGY-D-18-00018
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000002
PMC ID: 6375548
PubMed ID: 30763313
SO-VID: 02e4728f-74f3-4ca3-9d18-7412cdf9612c
Copyright © © 2019 O’Shaughnessy et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000589, Chief Scientist Office;
Award ID: CZG/4/742
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-9075
Paul A. Fowler
Funded by: NHS Grampian Endowments
Award ID: 08/02 and 15/1/010
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-9075
Paul A. Fowler
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100011733, Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity;
Award ID: YRSS/PHD/2016/05
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-9075
Paul A. Fowler
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100011199, FP7 Ideas: European Research Council;
Award ID: 212885
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-9075
Paul A. Fowler
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000265, Medical Research Council;
Award ID: MR/L010011/1
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5651-7883
Peter J. O’Shaughnessy
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000265, Medical Research Council;
Award ID: MR/K501335/1
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3646-8989
Michelle Bellingham
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100009757, H.K.H. Kronprinsessan Lovisas Förening för Barnasjukvård;
Award Recipient
:
Olle Söder
Funded by: Stiftelsen Gunvor och Josef Aners
Award Recipient
:
Olle Söder
Funded by: Stiftersen Jane och Dan Olssons
Award Recipient
:
Olle Söder
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010819, Stiftelsen Tornspiran;
Award Recipient
:
Olle Söder
The study was supported by the following grants: Chief Scientist Office (Scottish
Executive, CZG/4/742) (PAF and PJOS) (
http://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/funding-2/); NHS Grampian Endowments 08/02 (PAF and PJOS) and 15/1/010 (PAF, PF, US, and PJOS)
(
https://www.nhsgcharities.com/); the Glasgow Children’s Hospital Research Charity Research Fund, YRSS/PHD/2016/05
(NW, MB, PJOS, and PAF) (
http://www.glasgowchildrenshospitalcharity.org/research/glasgow-childrens-hospital-charity-research-fund); the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant
agreement number 212885 (PAF) (
https://ec.europa.eu/research/fp7/index_en.cfm); Medical Research Council Grants MR/L010011/1 (PAF and PJOS) and MR/K501335/1 (MB,
PAF, and PJOS) (
https://mrc.ukri.org/); and the Kronprinsessan Lovisas Foundation, “Stiftelsen Gunvor och Josef Anérs,”
the “Stiftelsen Jane och Dan Olssons,” and the “Stiftelsen Tornspiran” (KS and OS).
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to
publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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