1. Department of Biology, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT 06117, USA
2. Department of Genetics & Genome Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
3. Current address: Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
4. Institute for Systems Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT 06030, USA