About the Authors

David Wragg

Contributed equally to this work with: David Wragg, Elizabeth A. J. Cook

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

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), Easter Bush Campus, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Elizabeth A. J. Cook

Contributed equally to this work with: David Wragg, Elizabeth A. J. Cook

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

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Perle Latré de Laté

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Tatjana Sitt

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Johanneke D. Hemmink

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), Easter Bush Campus, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Maurine C. Chepkwony

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Regina Njeru

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

E. Jane Poole

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Jessica Powell

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Edith A. Paxton

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Rebecca Callaby

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, The Epidemiology, Economics and Risk Assessment (EEA) Group, Easter Bush Campus, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Andrea Talenti

Roles Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Antoinette A. Miyunga

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Gideon Ndambuki

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Stephen Mwaura

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Harriet Auty

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Oswald Matika

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Musa Hassan

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), Easter Bush Campus, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Karen Marshall

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Timothy Connelley

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), Easter Bush Campus, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Liam J. Morrison

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), Easter Bush Campus, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

B. Mark deC. Bronsvoort

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), Easter Bush Campus, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

W. Ivan Morrison

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), Easter Bush Campus, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Philip G. Toye

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

p.toye@cgiar.org (PGT); James.Prendergast@ed.ac.uk (JGDP)

‡ PGT and JGDP also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

James G. D. Prendergast

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

p.toye@cgiar.org (PGT); James.Prendergast@ed.ac.uk (JGDP)

‡ PGT and JGDP also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), Easter Bush Campus, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

We have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: The Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH) has filed a patent application regarding the use of this locus in improving cattle through methods such as marker assisted breeding.