About the Authors
- Constance Nebendahl
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Affiliation Institute of Nutritional Physiology ‘Oskar Kellner’, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
- Ricarda Krüger
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Affiliation Institute of Nutritional Physiology ‘Oskar Kellner’, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
- Solvig Görs
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Affiliation Institute of Nutritional Physiology ‘Oskar Kellner’, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
- Elke Albrecht
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Affiliation Institute of Muscle Biology and Growth, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
- Karen Martens
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Affiliation Institute of Nutritional Physiology ‘Oskar Kellner’, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
- Steffen Hennig
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Affiliation ImaGenes GmbH, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Niels Storm
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Affiliation Bioglobe GmbH, 22529 Hamburg, Germany
- Wolfgang Höppner
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Affiliation Bioglobe GmbH, 22529 Hamburg, Germany
- Ralf Pfuhl
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Affiliation Institute of Muscle Biology and Growth, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
- Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli
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Affiliation Institute of Nutritional Physiology ‘Oskar Kellner’, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
- Harald M. Hammon
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Affiliation Institute of Nutritional Physiology ‘Oskar Kellner’, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
- Cornelia C. Metges
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* E-mail: metges@fbn-dummerstorf.de
Affiliation Institute of Nutritional Physiology ‘Oskar Kellner’, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
Competing Interests
Steffen Hennig was employed by ImaGenes GmbH at the time of microarray analysis. Niels Storm and Wolfgang Höppner are employed by Bioglobe GmbH. ImaGenes GmbH performed microarray experiments. Bioglobe GmbH was responsible for CpG-methylation analysis. 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: CCM CN HMH. Performed the experiments: RK CN SG EA BUMZ KM NS WH RP. Analyzed the data: SH CN NS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EA SH CN NS. Wrote the paper: CN.