About the Authors

Brian Baier

Affiliation School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Patricia Hunt

Affiliation School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Karl W. Broman

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Terry Hassold

terryhassold@wsu.edu

Affiliation School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BB PH TH. Performed the experiments: BB TH. Analyzed the data: BB PH KWB TH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB PH TH. Wrote the paper: BB PH KWB TH.