About the Authors

Toshimi Baba

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States of America

Mehdi Momen

Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States of America

Malachy T. Campbell

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States of America

Harkamal Walia

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States of America

Gota Morota

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

morota@vt.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.