About the Authors

Bryan T. Davis

Contributed equally to this work with: Bryan T. Davis, Xiao-Jun Wang

Affiliation Exemplar Genetics, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America

Xiao-Jun Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Bryan T. Davis, Xiao-Jun Wang

Affiliation Exemplar Genetics, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America

Judy A. Rohret

Affiliation Exemplar Genetics, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America

Jason T. Struzynski

Affiliation Exemplar Genetics, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America

Elizabeth P. Merricks

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Dwight A. Bellinger

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Frank A. Rohret

Affiliation Exemplar Genetics, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America

Timothy C. Nichols

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Christopher S. Rogers

chris.rogers@exemplargenetics.com

Affiliation Exemplar Genetics, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

BTD, XJW, JAR, JTS, FAR and CSR are employees of Exemplar Genetics, a company that has applied for a patent and intends to commercialize the porcine models described. BTD, XJW, JAR, JTS, FAR and CSR are employees of Exemplar Genetics, a company that has applied for a patent and intends to commercialize the porcine models described. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FAR TCN CSR. Performed the experiments: BTD XJW JAR JTS EPM DAB FAR TCN CSR. Analyzed the data: BTD XJW EPM DAB TCN CSR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAB. Wrote the paper: BTD XJW EPM TCN CSR.