About the Authors

Deepika Dhawan

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Purdue Oncological Sciences Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Melissa Paoloni

Current Address: QuantumLeap Healthcare Collaborative, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Affiliation CCR Comparative Oncology Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Shweta Shukradas

Current Address: Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics, Strand Genomics Inc, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Dipanwita Roy Choudhury

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics, Strand Genomics Inc, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Bruce A. Craig

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

José A. Ramos-Vara

Affiliations Purdue Oncological Sciences Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Noah Hahn

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Patty L. Bonney

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Chand Khanna

Current Address: Contract Scientist working with National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

‡ These authors are co-senior authors on this work.

Affiliation CCR Comparative Oncology Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Deborah W. Knapp

knappd@purdue.edu

‡ These authors are co-senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Purdue Oncological Sciences Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

SS and DRC are employed by Strand Genomics Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DD MP NH CK DWK. Performed the experiments: DD MP SS DRC BAC JAR-V PLB. Analyzed the data: DD MP SS DRC BAC JAR-V CK DWK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DD MP SS DRC BAC JAR-V CK DWK. Wrote the paper: DD MP SS DRC BAC JAR-V NH PLB CK DWK.