About the Authors

Sangeeta Khare

Current address: National Center for Toxicological Research, United States-Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Sara D. Lawhon

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Kenneth L. Drake

Affiliation Seralogix, Limited Liability Company, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Jairo E. S. Nunes

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Josely F. Figueiredo

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Carlos A. Rossetti

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Tamara Gull

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Robin E. Everts

Current address: Sequenom Incorporated, San Diego, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Harris A. Lewin

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Cristi L. Galindo

Affiliation Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Harold R. Garner

Affiliation Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Leslie Garry Adams

gadams@cvm.tamu.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interest: Kenneth L. Drake is an employee of Seralogix, LLC and has an equity position in this company. Seralogix, LLC is a private business developing the software analysis and modeling software for commercial purposes. Robin E. Everts is currently employed by Sequenom, Inc., San Diego, CA, however all activities (except reviewing manuscript) by Robin E. Everts related to this manuscript were performed while employed at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors. Leslie Garry Adams has served as an ad hoc guest editor for PLOS ONE.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK LGA. Performed the experiments: SK SDL JESN JFF CAR TG LGA. Analyzed the data: SK KLD CLG HRG LGA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KLD REE HAL. Wrote the paper: SK KLD LGA.