About the Authors

Marina R. S. Walther-António

Affiliation Department of Surgical Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Patricio Jeraldo

Affiliations Department of Surgical Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Margret E. Berg Miller

Affiliation Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Carl J. Yeoman

Affiliation Department of Animal and Range Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Karen E. Nelson

Affiliation Genomic Medicine Group, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Brenda A. Wilson

Affiliations Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Bryan A. White

Affiliations Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Nicholas Chia

Affiliations Department of Surgical Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo College, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Douglas J. Creedon

creedon.douglas@mayo.edu

Affiliation Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: B.White DC. Performed the experiments: MWA MM. Analyzed the data: MWA PJ NC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJ NC B.White CY KN B.Wilson. Wrote the paper: MWA NC DC.