About the Authors
- Saber Qanbari
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* E-mail: sqanbar@gwdg.de
Affiliation Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany
- Tim M. Strom
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Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- Georg Haberer
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Affiliation Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum Müchen, Neuherberg, Germany
- Steffen Weigend
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Affiliation Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich Loeffler Institut, Neustadt-Mariensee, Germany
- Almas A. Gheyas
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Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Frances Turner
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Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- David W. Burt
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Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Rudolf Preisinger
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Affiliation Lohmann Tierzucht GmbH, Cuxhaven, Germany
- Daniel Gianola
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Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Henner Simianer
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Affiliation Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany
Competing Interests
Author RP is employed by Lohmann Tierzucht GmbH. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SQ HS DWB DG. Performed the experiments: TMS RP SW. Analyzed the data: SQ DG HS FT AAG DWB GH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TMS RP FT AAG DWB. Wrote the paper: SQ HS DG.