About the Authors
- Bart H. J. van den Berg
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* E-mail: bvandenberg@cvm.msstate.edu
Affiliations Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America, Institute for Digital Biology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America
- Fiona M. McCarthy
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Affiliations Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America, Institute for Digital Biology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America, The AgBase Databases, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America
- Susan J. Lamont
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Affiliation Department of Animal Science and Center for Integrated Animal Genomics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Shane C. Burgess
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Affiliations Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America, Institute for Digital Biology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America, Life Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BHJvdB SB. Performed the experiments: BHJvdB. Analyzed the data: BHJvdB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FMM. Wrote the paper: BHJvdB. Reviewed manuscript draft: FMM SB. Contributed significantly to discussion and reviewed the final manuscript draft: SL.