About the Authors
- Zena T. Wolf
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Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Elizabeth J. Leslie
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Boaz Arzi
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Affiliation Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Kartika Jayashankar
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Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Nili Karmi
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Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Zhonglin Jia
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Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, Department of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Douglas J. Rowland
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Affiliation Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Amy Young
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Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Noa Safra
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Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Saundra Sliskovic
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Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Jeffrey C. Murray
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Claire M. Wade
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Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Danika L. Bannasch
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* E-mail: dlbannasch@ucdavis.edu
Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
A DNA test for the DLX6 mutation in Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever is commercially available through BDH Genetics, which is owned by a family member of DLB. This commercial venture had no influence on the interpretation of the results presented within the manuscript.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ZTW BA EJL NK JCM CMW DLB. Performed the experiments: ZTW EJL DJR KJ NK ZJ AY SS. Analyzed the data: ZTW EJL BA NK NS KJ JCM CMW DLB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCM DLB. Wrote the paper: ZTW EJL BA KJ DLB.