About the Authors

Maria Claudia Espinosa

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Claudia Espinosa, Muhammad Attiq Rehman

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Muhammad Attiq Rehman

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Claudia Espinosa, Muhammad Attiq Rehman

Current address: Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Patricia Chisamore-Robert

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Daniel Jeffery

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Krassimir Yankulov

yankulov@uoguelph.ca

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KY. Performed the experiments: MCE MAR PCR DJ. Analyzed the data: MCE MAR PCR DJ KY. Wrote the paper: KY.