About the Authors
- Matthew McClure
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Affiliation USDA, ARS, ANRI, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Euisoo Kim
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Affiliation USDA, ARS, ANRI, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Derek Bickhart
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Affiliation USDA, ARS, ANRI, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Daniel Null
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Affiliation USDA, ARS, ANRI, Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Tabatha Cooper
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Affiliation USDA, ARS, ANRI, Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- John Cole
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Affiliation USDA, ARS, ANRI, Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- George Wiggans
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Affiliation USDA, ARS, ANRI, Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Paolo Ajmone-Marsan
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Affiliation Istituto di Zootecnica e BioDNA Centro di Ricerca sulla Biodiversità e il DNA Antico, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore di Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy
- Licia Colli
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Affiliation Istituto di Zootecnica e BioDNA Centro di Ricerca sulla Biodiversità e il DNA Antico, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore di Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy
- Enrico Santus
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Affiliation Associazione Nazionale Allevatori bovini della Razza Bruna, Italian Brown Swiss Association, Bussolengo, Italy
- George E. Liu
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Affiliation USDA, ARS, ANRI, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Steve Schroeder
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Affiliation USDA, ARS, ANRI, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Lakshmi Matukumalli
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Affiliation USDA, ARS, ANRI, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Curt Van Tassell
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Affiliation USDA, ARS, ANRI, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Tad Sonstegard
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* E-mail: tad.sonstegard@ars.usda.gov
Affiliation USDA, ARS, ANRI, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MM CVT TS. Performed the experiments: MM. Analyzed the data: DB DN EK JC GL LM MM SS TC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ES JC GW LC PAM. Wrote the paper: MM.