About the Authors
- Mathew D. Littlejohn
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* E-mail: mlittlejohn@lic.co.nz
Affiliation Research & Development, Livestock Improvement Corporation, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Kathryn Tiplady
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Affiliation Research & Development, Livestock Improvement Corporation, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Thomas Lopdell
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Affiliation Research & Development, Livestock Improvement Corporation, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Tania A. Law
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Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Andrew Scott
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Affiliation Research & Development, Livestock Improvement Corporation, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Chad Harland
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Affiliation Research & Development, Livestock Improvement Corporation, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Ric Sherlock
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Affiliation Research & Development, Livestock Improvement Corporation, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Kristen Henty
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Affiliations Research & Development, Livestock Improvement Corporation, Hamilton, New Zealand, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Vlad Obolonkin
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Affiliation Research & Development, Livestock Improvement Corporation, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Klaus Lehnert
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Affiliations Research & Development, Livestock Improvement Corporation, Hamilton, New Zealand, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Alistair MacGibbon
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Affiliation Nutrition and Bioactives, Fonterra Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Richard J. Spelman
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Affiliation Research & Development, Livestock Improvement Corporation, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Stephen R. Davis
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Affiliation Research & Development, Livestock Improvement Corporation, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Russell G. Snell
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Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Competing Interests
Mathew D Littlejohn, Kathryn Tiplady, Thomas Lopdell, Andrew Scott, Chad Harland, Ric Sherlock, Vlad Obolonkin, Richard J Spelman and Stephen R Davis are employees of Livestock Improvement Corporation, a commercial provider of bovine germplasm. Alistair MacGibbon is an employee of Fonterra, a bovine dairy co-operative. The authors declare that there are no patents or marketed products to declare, and no other potentially competing interests exist. 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: MDL RGS RJS SRD. Performed the experiments: MDL KT TL TAL AS CH RS KH VO KL AM SRD. Analyzed the data: MDL KT TL TAL CH RS KH VO KL AM SRD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT TL CH VO KL. Wrote the paper: MDL KT TL SRD. Critically assessed and revised the manuscript: MDL KT TL TAL AS CH RS KH VO KL AM RJS SRD RGS.