About the Authors

Theresa-Bernadette Mausberg

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Gerhard Wess

Affiliation Clinic of Small Animal Medicine, LMU University, Munich, Germany

Julia Simak

Affiliation Clinic of Small Animal Medicine, LMU University, Munich, Germany

Lisa Keller

Affiliation Clinic of Small Animal Medicine, LMU University, Munich, Germany

Michaela Drögemüller

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Cord Drögemüller

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Matthew T. Webster

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Hannah Stephenson

Affiliation Small Animal Teaching Hospital, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Joanna Dukes-McEwan

Affiliation Small Animal Teaching Hospital, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Tosso Leeb

tosso.leeb@vetsuisse.unibe.ch

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GW JD-M TL. Performed the experiments: TM GW JS LK MD CD HS JD-M. Analyzed the data: TM GW MTW HS JD-M TL. Wrote the paper: TM GW TL.