About the Authors

Paul W. Dyce

Affiliations Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, and Children's Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Jinghe Liu

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Chandrakant Tayade

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Gerald M. Kidder

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, and Children's Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Dean H. Betts

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, and Children's Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Julang Li

jli@uoguelph.ca

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J. Li PWD. Performed the experiments: PWD J. Liu CT. Analyzed the data: J. Li PWD J. Liu. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DB GMK. Wrote the paper: J. Li PWD. Critical reading of the manuscript and discussion: DB GMK CT.