About the Authors

Daniel Gianola

gianola@ansci.wisc.edu

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Kent A. Weigel

Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Nicole Krämer

Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding, Technical University of Munich, Weihenstephan Center, Munich, Germany

Alessandra Stella

Affiliation Bioinformatics and Statistics Unit, Parco Tecnologico Padano, Lodi, Italy

Chris-Carolin Schön

Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding, Technical University of Munich, Weihenstephan Center, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DG. Performed the experiments: DG. Analyzed the data: DG. Wrote the paper: DG. Contributed ideas and made critical comments: KAW NK AS CCS.