About the Authors

Jeremy W. Prokop

Affiliations Integrated Biosciences Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America, Human and Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Cameron Schmidt

Affiliation Integrated Biosciences Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Donald Gasper

Affiliation Integrated Biosciences Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Robert J. Duff

Affiliation Integrated Biosciences Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Amy Milsted

Affiliation Integrated Biosciences Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Takeshi Ohkubo

Affiliation College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Amimachi, Ibaraki, Japan

Hope C. Ball

Affiliation Integrated Biosciences Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Matthew D. Shawkey

Affiliation Integrated Biosciences Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Herman L. Mays Jr

Affiliation Geier Collections and Research Center, Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Larry A. Cogburn

londraville@uakron.edu (RLL), cogburn@udel (LAG)

Affiliation Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Richard L. Londraville

londraville@uakron.edu (RLL), cogburn@udel (LAG)

Affiliation Integrated Biosciences Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWP RJD AM MDS LAC RLL. Performed the experiments: JWP CS DG RJD HCB. Analyzed the data: JWP CS DG RJD LAC RLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TO HLM. Wrote the paper: JWP.