About the Authors

Sandra M. Axiak-Bechtel

Contributed equally to this work with: Sandra M. Axiak-Bechtel, Senthil R. Kumar

Affiliation Comparative Oncology and Epigenetics Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Senthil R. Kumar

Contributed equally to this work with: Sandra M. Axiak-Bechtel, Senthil R. Kumar

Affiliations Comparative Oncology and Epigenetics Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Harry S. Truman Veterans Hospital, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Sarah A. Hansen

Affiliation Comparative Oncology and Epigenetics Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Jeffrey N. Bryan

bryanjn@missouri.edu

Affiliation Comparative Oncology and Epigenetics Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JNB SRK SMA. Performed the experiments: SRK SAH. Analyzed the data: JNB SRK SAH SMA. Wrote the paper: SMA SRK JNB.