About the Authors

Kalyan C. Chapalamadugu

Affiliation Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Catherine A. VandeVoort

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, California National Primate Research Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Matthew L. Settles

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Barrie D. Robison

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Gordon K. Murdoch

gmurdoch@uidaho.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GKM CAV. Performed the experiments: KC CAV. Analyzed the data: MS KC BDR GKM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GKM CAV MS. Wrote the paper: KC BDR GKM.