About the Authors
- Marjo K. Hytönen
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Affiliations Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, The Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland
- Meharji Arumilli
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Affiliations Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, The Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland
- Anu K. Lappalainen
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Affiliation Department of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Marta Owczarek-Lipska
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Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Vidhya Jagannathan
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Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Sruthi Hundi
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Affiliations Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, The Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland
- Elina Salmela
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Affiliations Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, The Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland
- Patrick Venta
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
- Eva Sarkiala
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Affiliation Department of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Tarja Jokinen
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Affiliations Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Daniela Gorgas
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Radiology, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Juha Kere
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Affiliations Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, The Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
- Pekka Nieminen
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Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Cord Drögemüller
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Contributed equally to this work with: Cord Drögemüller, Hannes Lohi
Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Hannes Lohi
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Contributed equally to this work with: Cord Drögemüller, Hannes Lohi
* E-mail: hannes.lohi@helsinki.fi
Affiliations Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, The Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Genetic tests will be available from Genoscoper Ltd, which is partly owned by HL. CD is affiliated at the Institute of Genetics, University of Bern, Switzerland, which currently offers a diagnostic genetic test for CMO.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MKH HL CD. Performed the experiments: MKH MA AKL MOL VJ SH ESar TJ DG PN. Analyzed the data: MKH MA AKL MOL VJ SH ESar TJ DG PN CD HL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA ESal PV JK CD HL. Wrote the paper: MKH AKL PN CD HL.