About the Authors

Hui Yu

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Jolena N. Waddell

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Shihuan Kuang

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Christopher A. Bidwell

cbidwell@purdue.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAB SK. Performed the experiments: HY JNW CAB. Analyzed the data: HY JNW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAB SK. Wrote the paper: HY SK CAB.