About the Authors

Dayananda Siddappa

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada

Élaine Beaulieu

Affiliation Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada

Nicolas Gévry

Affiliation Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada

Philippe P. Roux

Affiliation Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada

Vilceu Bordignon

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada

Raj Duggavathi

raj.duggavathi@mcgill.ca

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS NG VB RD. Performed the experiments: DS EB. Analyzed the data: DS NG PPR VB RD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NG PPR VB RD. Wrote the paper: DS RD.