About the Authors

Katherine M. Hunt

Affiliations Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, Initiative for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

James A. Foster

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, Initiative for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Larry J. Forney

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, Initiative for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Ursel M. E. Schütte

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Daniel L. Beck

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, Initiative for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Zaid Abdo

Affiliations Department of Statistics, Department of Mathematics, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, Initiative for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Lawrence K. Fox

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Janet E. Williams

Affiliation Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Michelle K. McGuire

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Mark A. McGuire

mmcguire@uidaho.edu

Affiliations Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, Initiative for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MKM JEW MAM. Performed the experiments: KMH LKF JEW MKM MAM. Analyzed the data: KMH JAF UMES DLB ZA MKM MAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAF LJF LKF. Wrote the paper: KMH JAF LJF MKM MAM.