About the Authors
- Tieshan Jiang
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* E-mail: txj001@uark.edu
Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America
- Rabindra K. Mandal
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Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America
- Robert F. Wideman Jr.
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Affiliations Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America, Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America
- Anita Khatiwara
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Current address: US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), College Park, Maryland, United States of America
Affiliation Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America
- Igal Pevzner
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Affiliation Cobb-Vantress Inc., Siloam Springs, Arkansas, United States of America
- Young Min Kwon
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Affiliations Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America, Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America
Competing Interests
IP is an employee of Cobb-Vantress Inc., whose company funded this study. There are no 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: RFW IP YMK. Performed the experiments: TJ RFW AK. Analyzed the data: TJ RKM RFW YMK. Wrote the paper: TJ RFW YMK.