About the Authors

Anina Bauer

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, DermFocus, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Vidhya Jagannathan

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, DermFocus, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Sandra Högler

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Institute of Pathology and Forensic Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Barbara Richter

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Institute of Pathology and Forensic Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Neil A. McEwan

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, The University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Neston, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Anne Thomas

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Antagene, Animal Genetics Laboratory, La Tour de Salvagny, France

Edouard Cadieu

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes (IGDR), CNRS-UMR6290, Université Rennes1, Rennes, France

Catherine André

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes (IGDR), CNRS-UMR6290, Université Rennes1, Rennes, France

Marjo K. Hytönen

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Hannes Lohi

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Monika M. Welle

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations DermFocus, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Petra Roosje

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations DermFocus, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Division of Clinical Dermatology, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern,Bern, Switzerland

Cathryn Mellersh

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kennel Club Genetics Centre, Animal Health Trust, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Margret L. Casal

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section of Medical Genetics, Department of Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Tosso Leeb

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Tosso.Leeb@vetsuisse.unibe.ch

Affiliations Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, DermFocus, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: AT is affiliated with a diagnostic lab marketing genetic tests for dogs. HL owns shares of a diagnostic testing lab marketing genetic tests for dogs. CM is affiliated with a diagnostic lab marketing genetic tests for dogs. MLC is affiliated with a diagnostic lab marketing genetic tests for dogs. TL is an associate editor of PLoS Genetics.