About the Authors
- Matthew C. McClure
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Derek Bickhart
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Dan Null
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Paul VanRaden
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Lingyang Xu
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- George Wiggans
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- George Liu
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Steve Schroeder
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Jarret Glasscock
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Affiliation Cofactor Genomics, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Jon Armstrong
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Affiliation Cofactor Genomics, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- John B. Cole
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Curtis P. Van Tassell
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Tad S. Sonstegard
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* E-mail: Tad.sonstegard@ars.usda.gov
Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
JG is CEO and JA is COO for Cofactor Genomics (both being founders/owners of Cofactor Genomics). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: TSS MCM PV CPVT. Performed the experiments: MCM DB DN JG JA. Analyzed the data: MCM DB DN PV LX GW GL SS JG JA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG JA TSS CPVT. Wrote the paper: TSS MCM PV JBC.