About the Authors

Geir Halnes

geir.halnes@umb.no

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Ivar Østby

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Klas H. Pettersen

Affiliation Centre for Integrative Genetics, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Stig W. Omholt

Affiliation Centre for Integrative Genetics, Department of Animal and Aqucultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Gaute T. Einevoll

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GH IØ KHP GTE SWO. Performed the experiments: GH. Analyzed the data: GH IØ KHP GTE SWO. Wrote the paper: GH IØ KHP GTE SWO.