About the Authors

Mohamed Salem

mosalem@mail.wvu.edu

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Genomics, Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Roger L. Vallejo

Affiliation National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Timothy D. Leeds

Affiliation National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Yniv Palti

Affiliation National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Sixin Liu

Affiliation National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Annas Sabbagh

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Genomics, Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Caird E. Rexroad III

Affiliation National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Jianbo Yao

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Genomics, Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS RV JY CR YP. Performed the experiments: TL MS. Analyzed the data: MS RV TL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YP SL AS. Wrote the paper: MS.