About the Authors
- Cristianne M. M. Cordeiro
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Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Hamed Esmaili
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Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- George Ansah
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Affiliation ISA North America, Division of Hendrix Genetics, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
- Maxwell T. Hincke
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* E-mail: mhincke@uottawa.ca
Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
GA is an employee of Hendrix Genetics. The material contribution of Hendrix Genetics to the research was the provision of blood samples and eggs from specific birds in their flocks. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CMMC GA MTH. Performed the experiments: CMMC HE. Analyzed the data: CMMC HE GA MTH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MTH GA. Wrote the paper: CMMC HE GA MTH.