About the Authors

Diane I. Schroeder

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, The University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America, University of California Davis Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, University of California Davis MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Kartika Jayashankar

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Kory C. Douglas

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Twanda L. Thirkill

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Daniel York

Affiliation Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, University of California School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Pete J. Dickinson

Affiliation Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, University of California School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Lawrence E. Williams

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Bastrop, Texas, United States of America

Paul B. Samollow

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Pablo J. Ross

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

Danika L. Bannasch

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Gordon C. Douglas

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Janine M. LaSalle

jmlasalle@ucdavis.edu

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, The University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America, University of California Davis Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, University of California Davis MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DIS JML. Performed the experiments: DIS KJ KCD TLT DY. Analyzed the data: DIS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJD LEW PBS PJR DLB GCD. Wrote the paper: DIS JML.