About the Authors

Theresa Casey

ande1218@msu.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Osman Patel

Affiliation Department of Biology, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, United States of America

Karl Dykema

Affiliation Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Heather Dover

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Kyle Furge

Affiliation Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Karen Plaut

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMC OP KP. Performed the experiments: TMC OP HD KP. Analyzed the data: TMC OP KD HD KF KP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KP. Wrote the paper: TMC OP KD HD KF KP.