About the Authors

Ben Dorshorst

Affiliation Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Anna-Maja Molin

Affiliation Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Carl-Johan Rubin

Affiliation Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Anna M. Johansson

Affiliation Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Lina Strömstedt

Affiliation Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Manh-Hung Pham

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chih-Feng Chen

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Finn Hallböök

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Chris Ashwell

Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Leif Andersson

leif.andersson@imbim.uu.se

Affiliations Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BD CA LA. Performed the experiments: BD. Analyzed the data: BD A-MM C-JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BD AMJ LS M-HP C-FC CA FH LA. Wrote the paper: BD LA.