About the Authors

Naveen Kumar Kadri

Affiliation Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark

Goutam Sahana

goutam.sahana@agrsci.dk (GS); tom.druet@ulg.ac.be (TD)

Affiliation Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark

Carole Charlier

Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA-R & Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège (B34), Liège, Belgium

Terhi Iso-Touru

Affiliation MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Biotechnology and Food Research, Jokioinen, Finland

Bernt Guldbrandtsen

Affiliation Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark

Latifa Karim

Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA-R & Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège (B34), Liège, Belgium

Ulrik Sander Nielsen

Affiliation Danish Agricultural Advisory Service, Aarhus N, Denmark

Frank Panitz

Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Systems Biology, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark

Gert Pedersen Aamand

Affiliation Nordic Cattle Genetic Evaluation, Aarhus N, Denmark

Nina Schulman

Affiliation MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Biotechnology and Food Research, Jokioinen, Finland

Michel Georges

Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA-R & Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège (B34), Liège, Belgium

Johanna Vilkki

Affiliation MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Biotechnology and Food Research, Jokioinen, Finland

Mogens Sandø Lund

Affiliation Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark

Tom Druet

goutam.sahana@agrsci.dk (GS); tom.druet@ulg.ac.be (TD)

Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA-R & Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège (B34), Liège, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NKK GS BG MSL CC MG TD. Performed the experiments: NKK LK USN. Analyzed the data: NKK BG CC MG TD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS BG MSL JV TIT NS GPA FP TD. Wrote the paper: MG NKK CC TD.