About the Authors
- Megan A. Minten
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Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Todd R. Bilby
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Affiliation Texas AgriLife Research and Extension, Stephenville, Texas, United States of America
- Ralph G. S. Bruno
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Affiliation West Texas A&M University and Texas AgriLife Research and Extension, Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
- Carolyn C. Allen
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Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Crystal A. Madsen
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Affiliation USDA-ARS, Fort-Keogh, Miles City, Montana, United States of America
- Zeping Wang
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Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Jason E. Sawyer
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Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Ahmed Tibary
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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
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Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Thomas W. Geary
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Affiliation USDA-ARS, Fort-Keogh, Miles City, Montana, United States of America
- Stefan Bauersachs
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Affiliation Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis (LAFUGA), Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Thomas E. Spencer
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* E-mail: 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.