About the Authors

Amanda M. Cooksey

acooksey@mafes.msstate.edu

Affiliations Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America, Life Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America, Institute for Digital Biology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Nausheen Momen

Affiliations Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Pensacola, Florida, United States of America, Navy Recruiting District, New England, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Russell Stocker

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Shane C. Burgess

Affiliations Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America, Life Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America, Institute for Digital Biology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMC SB. Performed the experiments: AMC NM. Analyzed the data: AMC RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NM SB. Wrote the paper: AMC RS SB.