About the Authors

Matthew S. Stratton

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Michelle Staros

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Tomaz Budefeld

Affiliation Center for Animal Genomics, Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Brian T. Searcy

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Connor Nash

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Chad Eitel

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

David Carbone

Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Robert J. Handa

Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Gregor Majdic

Affiliation Center for Animal Genomics, Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Stuart A. Tobet

stuart.tobet@colostate.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSS SAT DC GM RJH BTS. Performed the experiments: MSS GM SAT CN MS DC TB BTS. Analyzed the data: MSS GM SAT CN MS DC TB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CE GM RJH. Wrote the paper: MSS SAT.