About the Authors

Petko M Petkov

Contributed equally to this work with: Petko M Petkov, Joel H Graber

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Joel H Graber

Contributed equally to this work with: Petko M Petkov, Joel H Graber

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Gary A Churchill

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Keith DiPetrillo

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Benjamin L King

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Kenneth Paigen

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ken@jax.org

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

PMP and KP conceived and designed the experiments. PMP performed the experiments. GAC and JHG generated the statistical analysis. JHG developed the analytical and image-generating software. PMP, JHG, GAC, BLK, and KP analyzed the data. KD contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. KP wrote the paper.