About the Authors
- Eui-Soo Kim
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Affiliations Animal Genomics & Improvement Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Tad S. Sonstegard
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Affiliation Animal Genomics & Improvement Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Curtis P. Van Tassell
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Affiliation Animal Genomics & Improvement Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- George Wiggans
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Affiliation Animal Genomics & Improvement Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Max F. Rothschild
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* E-mail: mfrothsc@iastate.edu
Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ESK CPVT TSS. Performed the experiments: TSS. Analyzed the data: ESK GW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TSS MFR CPVT. Wrote the paper: ESK MFR TSS CPVT GW.