About the Authors

Douglas M. Heithoff

Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas M. Heithoff, William R. Shimp

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

William R. Shimp

Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas M. Heithoff, William R. Shimp

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

John K. House

Affiliation University of Sydney, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Camden, New South Wales, Australia

Yi Xie

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Bart C. Weimer

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Robert L. Sinsheimer

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Michael J. Mahan

mahan@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DMH WRS JKH YX BCW RLS MJM. Performed the experiments: DMH WRS YX. Analyzed the data: DMH WRS JKH YX BCW RLS MJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMH WRS JKH YX BCW RLS MJM. Wrote the paper: DMH WRS JKH YX BCW RLS MJM.