About the Authors
- Michael V. Gonzalez
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Affiliations Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Michelle R. Mousel
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Affiliation U.S. Sheep Experiment Station, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Dubois, Idaho, United States of America
- David R. Herndon
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Affiliation Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Yu Jiang
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Affiliation CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences, St. Lucia, Australia
- Brian P. Dalrymple
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Affiliation CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences, St. Lucia, Australia
- James O. Reynolds
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Affiliation Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Wendell C. Johnson
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Affiliation Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Lynn M. Herrmann-Hoesing
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Stephen N. White
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* E-mail: Stephen.White@ars.usda.gov
Affiliations Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Michael V. Gonzalez received a Neal A. Jorgenson sheep genomics travel award to participate in the international Plant & Animal Genomes XXI conference in January 2013. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MVG MRM DRH YJ BPD LMH SNW. Performed the experiments: MVG MRM DRH JOR YJ. Analyzed the data: MVG MRM DRH YJ BPD WCJ SNW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MVG MRM DRH YJ BPD JOR WCJ LMH SNW. Wrote the paper: MVG MRM DRH YJ BPD JOR WCJ LMH SNW.