About the Authors

Shan Jiang

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Wei Wang

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Jess Miner

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Michael Fromm

Mfromm2@unl.edu

Affiliation Center for Biotechnology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJ JM MF. Performed the experiments: SJ WW MF. Analyzed the data: SJ WW MF. Wrote the paper: SJ MF.