About the Authors

Elizabeth Ebert-Zavos

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Maria Horvat-Gordon

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Alexander Taylor

Affiliation Intercollegiate Graduate Program in Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Paul A. Bartell

pab43@psu.edu

Affiliations Department of Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Intercollegiate Graduate Program in Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PAB. Performed the experiments: EE-Z AT MHG PAB. Analyzed the data: EE-Z AT PAB. Wrote the paper: EE-Z PAB.