About the Authors

R. Dee Schramm

Contributed equally to this work with: R. Dee Schramm, Shuai Li

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Shuai Li

Contributed equally to this work with: R. Dee Schramm, Shuai Li

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Belinda S. Harris

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Ryan P. Rounds

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Robert W. Burgess

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

F. Marty Ytreberg

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Peter G. Fuerst

Fuerst@uidaho.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, University of Washington WWAMI Medical Education Program, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PGF. Performed the experiments: PGF RDS SL BSH RPR FMY. Analyzed the data: PGF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PGF RWB. Wrote the paper: PGF.