About the Authors

Joseph A. Cacioppo

Affiliation Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Sang Wook Oh

Affiliations Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Biology Education, Institute of Fusion Science, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea

Hey-young Kim

Affiliation Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Jongki Cho

Affiliations Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America, College of Veterinary Medicine, Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejon, South Korea

Po-Ching Patrick Lin

Affiliation Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Masashi Yanagisawa

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Departments of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

CheMyong Ko

jayko@illinois.edu

Affiliation Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J. Cacioppo HK J. Cho PL CK. Performed the experiments: J. Cacioppo HK J. Cho PL CK. Analyzed the data: J. Cacioppo SO HK J. Cho PL CK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MY CK. Wrote the paper: J. Cacioppo SO HK PL CK.