About the Authors
- Takashi Hirano
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* E-mail: t3hirano@nodai.ac.jp
Affiliations Shirakawa Institute of Animal Genetics, Fukushima, Japan, Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Kanagawa, Japan
- Naohiko Kobayashi
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Affiliation Hida Beef Cattle Research Department, Gifu Prefectural Livestock Research Institute, Gifu, Japan
- Tamako Matsuhashi
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Affiliation Hida Beef Cattle Research Department, Gifu Prefectural Livestock Research Institute, Gifu, Japan
- Daisaku Watanabe
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Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Kitasato University, Aomori, Japan
- Toshio Watanabe
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Affiliation National Livestock Breeding Center, Fukushima, Japan
- Akiko Takasuga
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Affiliation National Livestock Breeding Center, Fukushima, Japan
- Mayumi Sugimoto
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Affiliation National Livestock Breeding Center, Fukushima, Japan
- Yoshikazu Sugimoto
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Affiliation Shirakawa Institute of Animal Genetics, Fukushima, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TH YS. Performed the experiments: TH AT MS YS. Analyzed the data: TH MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TH NK TM DW TW. Wrote the paper: TH TW YS.