About the Authors

Jason Ioannidis

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, United Kingdom

F. Xavier Donadeu

xavier.donadeu@roslin.ed.ac.uk

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

This study was partially funded by Zoetis Inc, this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: FXD. Data curation: JI. Formal analysis: JI. Funding acquisition: FXD. Investigation: JI. Methodology: JI FXD. Project administration: JI FXD. Resources: JI FXD. Software: JI. Supervision: FXD. Validation: JI FXD. Visualization: JI FXD. Writing – original draft: JI FXD. Writing – review & editing: JI FXD.