About the Authors

Jim Westmoreland

Affiliation Chromosome Stability Section, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Wenjian Ma

Affiliation Chromosome Stability Section, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Yan Yan

Affiliation Chromosome Stability Section, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Kelly Van Hulle

Affiliation Biology Department, Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Anna Malkova

Affiliation Biology Department, Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Michael A. Resnick

resnick@niehs.nih.gov

Affiliation Chromosome Stability Section, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 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: JW WM AM MAR. Performed the experiments: JW WM YY KVH AM. Analyzed the data: JW WM AM MAR. Wrote the paper: MAR.