About the Authors

Alison M. Gardell

alison.gardell@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Qin Qin

Affiliation Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Robert H. Rice

Affiliation Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Johnathan Li

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Dietmar Kültz

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMG RHR DK. Performed the experiments: AMG QQ JL. Analyzed the data: AMG DK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RHR DK. Wrote the paper: AMG DK. Revised the manuscript: RHR DK.