A synonymous germline variant in a gene encoding a cell adhesion molecule is associated with cutaneous mast cell tumour development in Labrador and Golden Retrievers

• Deborah Biasoli,

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

  Affiliation Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9161-4897

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• Lara Compston-Garnett ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lara Compston-Garnett, Sally L. Ricketts

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, United Kingdom

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• Sally L. Ricketts ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lara Compston-Garnett, Sally L. Ricketts

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5644-7958

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• Zeynep Birand,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, United Kingdom

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• Celine Courtay-Cahen,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, United Kingdom

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• Elena Fineberg,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, United Kingdom

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• Maja Arendt,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Kim Boerkamp,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Medicines Evaluation Board, Utrecht, The Netherlands

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Malin Melin,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6589-2375

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• Michele Koltookian,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, United States of America

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• Sue Murphy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  Affiliation Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, United Kingdom

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• Gerard Rutteman,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Veterinary Specialist Centre De Wagenrenk, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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• Kerstin Lindblad-Toh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, United States of America

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• Mike Starkey

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mike.starkey@aht.org.uk

  Affiliation Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, United Kingdom

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