About the Authors

Christine K. Hamilton

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Tamas Revay

Current address: Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Herceghalom, Hungary

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Robin Domander

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Laura A. Favetta

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

W. Allan King

waking@uoguelph.ca

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CH TR LAF WAK. Performed the experiments: CH TR RD. Analyzed the data: CH TR RD LF WAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WAK. Wrote the paper: CH TR RD LAF WAK.