About the Authors

Karl-F. Bergeron

Contributed equally to this work with: Karl-F. Bergeron, Tatiana Cardinal

Affiliation Molecular Genetics of Development Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences and BioMed Research Center, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), Quebec, Canada

Tatiana Cardinal

Contributed equally to this work with: Karl-F. Bergeron, Tatiana Cardinal

Affiliation Molecular Genetics of Development Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences and BioMed Research Center, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), Quebec, Canada

Aboubacrine M. Touré

Affiliation Molecular Genetics of Development Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences and BioMed Research Center, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), Quebec, Canada

Mélanie Béland

Current address: Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Quebec, Canada

Affiliation Molecular Genetics of Development Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences and BioMed Research Center, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), Quebec, Canada

Diana L. Raiwet

Affiliation Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada

David W. Silversides

Affiliation Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Nicolas Pilon

pilon.nicolas@uqam.ca

Affiliation Molecular Genetics of Development Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences and BioMed Research Center, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NP. Performed the experiments: KFB TC AMT MB DLR. Analyzed the data: KFB TC DWS NP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DWS. Wrote the paper: KFB TC NP.