son is necessary for proper vertebrate blood development

• Rebecca L. Belmonte,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Chico, Chico, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0464-0577

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• Isabella L. Engbretson,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Chico, Chico, California, United States of America

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• Jung-Hyun Kim,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

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• Illiana Cajias,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Chico, Chico, California, United States of America

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• Eun-Young Erin Ahn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• David L. Stachura

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dstachura@csuchico.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Chico, Chico, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8993-0938

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