About the Authors

Hidetoshi Morita

Contributed equally to this work with: Hidetoshi Morita, Hidehiro Toh

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Hidehiro Toh

Contributed equally to this work with: Hidetoshi Morita, Hidehiro Toh

Affiliation Planning Office for the Center for Computational and Quantitative Life Science, RIKEN, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Kenshiro Oshima

Affiliation Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

Mariko Yoshizaki

Affiliation Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

Michiko Kawanishi

Affiliation National Veterinary Assay Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan

Kohei Nakaya

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Takehito Suzuki

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Eiji Miyauchi

Affiliation Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Yasuo Ishii

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Soichi Tanabe

Affiliation Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Masaru Murakami

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Masahira Hattori

hattori@k.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliation Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HM MK MH. Performed the experiments: KO MY KN TS EM YI ST MM. Analyzed the data: HT KO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KO MY KN TS EM YI ST MM. Wrote the paper: HM HT.