About the Authors

Annie E. Newell-Fugate

anewell-fugate@cvm.tamu.edu

Current address: Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America

Jessica N. Taibl

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America

Mouhamad Alloosh

Affiliation Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202–5120, United States of America

Michael Sturek

Affiliation Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202–5120, United States of America

Janice M. Bahr

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America

Romana A. Nowak

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America

Rebecca L. Krisher

Current address: National Foundation for Fertility Research, Lone Tree, CO USA 80124, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RLK. Performed the experiments: ANF JNT MA RLK. Analyzed the data: ANF RLK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA MS RAN JMB RLK. Wrote the paper: ANF MA MS RAN JMB RLK.