About the Authors

Sarah A. Johnson

Affiliations Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States of America, Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States of America

Angela B. Javurek

Affiliations Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States of America, Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States of America

Michele S. Painter

Affiliations Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States of America, Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States of America

Michael P. Peritore

Affiliations Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States of America, Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States of America

Mark R. Ellersieck

Affiliation Agriculture Experimental Station-Statistics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States of America

R. Michael Roberts

Affiliations Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States of America, Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States of America, Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States of America, Genetics Area Program, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States of America

Cheryl S. Rosenfeld

rosenfeldc@missouri.edu

Affiliations Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States of America, Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States of America, Genetics Area Program, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAJ RMR CSR. Performed the experiments: SAJ ABJ MSP MPP. Analyzed the data: MRE. Wrote the paper: SAJ MRE RMR CSR.