About the Authors

Brian Jochems

Affiliations Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America

Thomas E. Phillips

phillipst@missouri.edu

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TEP BJ. Performed the experiments: TEP BJ. Analyzed the data: TEP BJ. Wrote the paper: TEP BJ.