About the Authors

Barbara Gandolfi

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Timothy J. Gruffydd-Jones

Affiliation The Feline Centre, University of Bristol, Langford, Bristol, United Kingdom

Richard Malik

Affiliation Centre for Veterinary Education, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Alejandro Cortes

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Boyd R. Jones

Affiliation Institute of Veterinary, Animal & Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Chris R. Helps

Affiliation Molecular Diagnostic Unit, University of Bristol, Langford, Bristol, United Kingdom

Eva M. Prinzenberg

Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding & Genetics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

George Erhardt

Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding & Genetics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

Leslie A. Lyons

lalyons@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BG TJG RM LAL. Performed the experiments: BG AC. Analyzed the data: BG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TJG RM CH E-MP GE LAL BRJ. Wrote the paper: BG LAL.