About the Authors

Scott A. Williams

Affiliations Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Eldin Jasarevic

Affiliations Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, Center for Translational Neuroscience, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Gregory M. Vandas

Affiliations Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Denise A. Warzak

Affiliations Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

David C. Geary

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, Center for Translational Neuroscience, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Mark R. Ellersieck

Affiliation College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources- Statistician, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

R. Michael Roberts

Affiliations Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Genetics Area Program, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Cheryl S. Rosenfeld

rosenfeldc@missouri.edu

Affiliations Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Genetics Area Program, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAW EJ GMV DCG RMR CSR. Performed the experiments: SAW GM DAW. Analyzed the data: EJ MRE. Wrote the paper: SAW EJ GMV DCG MRE RMR CSR.