About the Authors
- Chunkao Wang
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Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- Yang Da
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* E-mail: yda@umn.edu
Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: The Holstein SNP data were partly supported by a financial contribution from Holstein Association USA. The Holstein funding was for genotyping and went to the genotyping lab directly. None of the funding from Holstein Association USA went to the authors or university. 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: YD. Performed the experiments: CW YD. Analyzed the data: CW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CW YD. Wrote the paper: YD CW.