About the Authors

Robert W. Li

a.morrie.craig@oregonstate.edu (AMC); Robert.Li@ars.usda.gov (RWL)

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Juan Gabriel Giarrizzo

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Sitao Wu

Affiliation Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Weizhong Li

Affiliation Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jennifer M. Duringer

Affiliation Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

A. Morrie Craig

a.morrie.craig@oregonstate.edu (AMC); Robert.Li@ars.usda.gov (RWL)

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMC JMD RWL. Performed the experiments: JGG RWL. Analyzed the data: SW WL RWL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RWL.