About the Authors

Oswald Matika

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

oswald.matika@roslin.ed.ac.uk

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Diego Robledo

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Ricardo Pong-Wong

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Stephen C. Bishop

† Deceased.

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Valentina Riggio

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Heather Finlayson

Roles Investigation

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Natalie R. Lowe

Roles Investigation

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Annabelle E. Hoste

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation JSR Genetics, Southburn, Driffield, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Grant A. Walling

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation JSR Genetics, Southburn, Driffield, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Jorge del-Pozo

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Alan L. Archibald

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

John A. Woolliams

Contributed equally to this work with: John A. Woolliams, Ross D. Houston

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Ross D. Houston

Contributed equally to this work with: John A. Woolliams, Ross D. Houston

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

No authors have competing interests. GAW and AEH are both employed by JSR Genetics Limited who historically marketed the genetic line used in this study as a sireline boar product to commercial farmers. The line has since has been culled and JSR Genetics Limited no longer receive any revenue from the product.