About the Authors

C. Herbert Pratt

craig.pratt@jax.org

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

Michelle Curtain

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

Leah Rae Donahue

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

Lindsay S. Shopland

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: CHP LRD LSS. Performed the experiments: CHP MC. Analyzed the data: CHP LSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHP MC LRD LSS. Wrote the paper: CHP LSS.