About the Authors

Peter C. Reifsnyder

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Rosalinda Doty

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

David E. Harrison

david.harrison@jax.org

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PCR DEH. Performed the experiments: PCR. Analyzed the data: PCR DEH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PCR RD DEH. Wrote the paper: PCR RD DEH.