About the Authors

Laurent P. Bogdanik

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Harold D. Chapman

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Kathy E. Miers

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

David V. Serreze

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Robert W. Burgess

Robert.burgess@jax.org

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LPB RWB. Performed the experiments: LPB HDC KEM. Analyzed the data: LPB RWB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DVS. Wrote the paper: LPB RWB.