About the Authors

Rachel E. Towers

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel E. Towers, Leonardo Murgiano

Affiliations Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Leonardo Murgiano

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel E. Towers, Leonardo Murgiano

Affiliations Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, DermFocus, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

David S. Millar

Affiliation Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Elise Glen

Affiliation Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Ana Topf

Affiliation Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Vidhya Jagannathan

Affiliations Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, DermFocus, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Cord Drögemüller

Affiliations Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, DermFocus, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Judith A. Goodship

Affiliation Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Angus J. Clarke

Affiliation Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Tosso Leeb

tosso.leeb@vetsuisse.unibe.ch

Affiliations Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, DermFocus, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RET LM DSM JAG AJC TL. Performed the experiments: RET LM EG AT VJ CD. Analyzed the data: RET LM DSM VJ JAG AJC TL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RET. Wrote the paper: RET LM DSM AJC TL.