About the Authors

Casey M. Holliday

hollidayca@missouri.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Ryan C. Ridgely

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Jayc C. Sedlmayr

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University - New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Lawrence M. Witmer

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMH RCR LMW. Performed the experiments: CMH RCR JCS. Analyzed the data: CMH LMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LMW. Wrote the paper: CMH LMW.