About the Authors

Jessica M. Hoffman

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Kate E. Creevy

creevy@uga.edu (KEC); promislow@uga.edu (DELP)

Affiliation Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Daniel E. L. Promislow

creevy@uga.edu (KEC); promislow@uga.edu (DELP)

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMH KEC DELP. Performed the experiments: JMH KEC DELP. Analyzed the data: JMH KEC DELP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMH KEC. Wrote the paper: JMH KEC DELP.