About the Authors

Jacquelyn M. Evans

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Rooksana E. Noorai

Affiliations Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America, Genomics and Computational Laboratory, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Kate L. Tsai

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Alison N. Starr-Moss

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Cody M. Hill

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Kendall J. Anderson

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Thomas R. Famula

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Leigh Anne Clark

lclark4@clemson.edu

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: LAC KLT JME. Data curation: REN KLT JME. Formal analysis: JME TRF ANSM. Funding acquisition: LAC KLT. Investigation: JME REN CMH KJA. Project administration: LAC. Supervision: JME LAC. Validation: JME LAC REN TRF KLT ANSM. Visualization: LAC JME REN TRF. Writing – original draft: JME LAC TRF REN. Writing – review & editing: JME LAC ANSM KJA KLT.