About the Authors

David L. Boucher

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Jane Qian Chen

Affiliation Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Simon R. Cherry

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Alexander D. Borowsky

adborowsky@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DLB JQC SRC ADB. Performed the experiments: DLB JQC. Analyzed the data: DLB JQC SRC ADB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DLB JQC SRC ADB. Wrote the paper: DLB JQC SRC ADB.