About the Authors

Séverine A. Degrelle

Current address: INSERM, U1016, Institut Cochin, Immunology Department, Paris, France

Affiliations INRA, UMR 1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France, ENVA, Maisons Alfort, France

Florence Jaffrezic

Affiliation INRA, UMR1313, Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative, Jouy-en-Josas, France

Evelyne Campion

Affiliations INRA, UMR 1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France, ENVA, Maisons Alfort, France

Kim-Anh Lê Cao

Current address: QFAB, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Affiliation INRA, UR631, Station d’Amélioration Génétique des Animaux, Castanet, France

Daniel Le Bourhis

Affiliations INRA, UMR 1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France, ENVA, Maisons Alfort, France, UNCEIA, R&D Department, Maisons Alfort, France

Christophe Richard

Affiliation INRA, UE331 UCEA de Bressonvilliers, Leudeville, France

Nathalie Rodde

Current address: INRA, US1258 Centre National de Ressources Génomiques Végétales, Castanet, France

Affiliations INRA, UMR 1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France, ENVA, Maisons Alfort, France

Renaud Fleurot

Affiliations INRA, UMR 1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France, ENVA, Maisons Alfort, France

Robin E. Everts

Current address: SEQUENOM, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Jérôme Lecardonnel

Affiliation INRA, Centre de Ressources Biologiques, Jouy-en-Josas, France

Yvan Heyman

Affiliations INRA, UMR 1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France, ENVA, Maisons Alfort, France

Xavier Vignon

Affiliations INRA, UMR 1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France, ENVA, Maisons Alfort, France

Xiangzhong Yang

† Deceased.

Affiliation Department of Animal Science and Center for Regenerative Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Xiuchun C. Tian

Affiliation Department of Animal Science and Center for Regenerative Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Harris A. Lewin

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Jean-Paul Renard

Affiliations INRA, UMR 1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France, ENVA, Maisons Alfort, France

Isabelle Hue

isabelle.hue@jouy.inra.fr

Affiliations INRA, UMR 1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France, ENVA, Maisons Alfort, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAD IH. Performed the experiments: SAD EC DL CR NR RF YH. Analyzed the data: SAD FJ EC KALC IH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAD FJ KALC REE JL YH XV XY XCT HAL. Wrote the paper: IH SAD. Edited the manuscript: IH SAD FJ EC REE YH XV XCT JPR. Discussed data: IH SAD FJ XY XCT HAL JPR. Brought financial support to this work: JPR HAL XY XCT IH.