About the Authors

Aroa Suárez-Vega

Affiliation Departamento de Producción Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, Campus de Vegazana s/n, 24071, León, Spain

Beatriz Gutiérrez-Gil

Affiliation Departamento de Producción Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, Campus de Vegazana s/n, 24071, León, Spain

Julio Benavides

Affiliation Departamento de Sanidad Animal (Anatomía Patológica), Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña (CSIC-ULE), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, Campus de Vegazana s/n, 24071, León, Spain

Valentín Perez

Affiliation Departamento de Sanidad Animal (Anatomía Patológica), Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña (CSIC-ULE), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, Campus de Vegazana s/n, 24071, León, Spain

Gwenola Tosser-Klopp

Affiliations INRA, UMR1388 GenPhySE (Génétique, Physiologie et Systèmes d’Elevage), F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France, Université de Toulouse, INP, ENSAT, GenPhySE (Génétique, Physiologie et Systèmes d’Elevage), F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France, Université de Toulouse, INP, ENVT, GenPhySE (Génétique, Physiologie et Systèmes d’Elevage), F-31076, Toulouse, France

Christophe Klopp

Affiliation INRA, Plateforme bioinformatique Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, UR875 Biométrie et Intelligence Artificielle, BP 52627, 31326, Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, France

Stephen J. Keennel

Affiliation Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 37920, Tennessee, United States of America

Juan José Arranz

jjarrs@unileon.es

Affiliation Departamento de Producción Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, Campus de Vegazana s/n, 24071, León, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJA. Performed the experiments: ASV JB VP BGG JJA. Analyzed the data: ASV BGG GTK CK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJK CK. Wrote the paper: ASV BGG JJA.