About the Authors

Megan A. Minten

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Todd R. Bilby

Affiliation Texas AgriLife Research and Extension, Stephenville, Texas, United States of America

Ralph G. S. Bruno

Affiliation West Texas A&M University and Texas AgriLife Research and Extension, Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Carolyn C. Allen

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Crystal A. Madsen

Affiliation USDA-ARS, Fort-Keogh, Miles City, Montana, United States of America

Zeping Wang

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Jason E. Sawyer

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Ahmed Tibary

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Holly L. Neibergs

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Thomas W. Geary

Affiliation USDA-ARS, Fort-Keogh, Miles City, Montana, United States of America

Stefan Bauersachs

Affiliation Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis (LAFUGA), Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Thomas E. Spencer

thomas.spencer@wsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAM TRB JES TWG TES. Performed the experiments: MAM TRB RGSB CCA CAM ZW AT TWG SB TES. Analyzed the data: MAM ZW HLN TWG SB TES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HLN TWG SB TES. Wrote the paper: MAM HLN TWG SB TES.