About the Authors

Nerea Bartolomé

nerea.bartolome@progenika.grifols.com

Affiliation Progenika Biopharma SA, a Grifols Company, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Sergi Segarra

Affiliation Bioibérica SA, Barcelona, Spain

Marta Artieda

Affiliation Progenika Biopharma SA, a Grifols Company, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Olga Francino

Affiliation Servei Veterinari de Genètica Molecular, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Elisenda Sánchez

Affiliation Servei Veterinari de Genètica Molecular, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Magdalena Szczypiorska

Affiliation Progenika Biopharma SA, a Grifols Company, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Joaquim Casellas

Affiliation Servei Veterinari de Genètica Molecular, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Diego Tejedor

Affiliation Progenika Biopharma SA, a Grifols Company, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Joaquín Cerdeira

Affiliation Centro Veterinario Aluche Las Águilas, Madrid, Spain

Antonio Martínez

Affiliation Progenika Biopharma SA, a Grifols Company, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Alfonso Velasco

Affiliation Bioibérica SA, Barcelona, Spain

Armand Sánchez

Affiliation Servei Veterinari de Genètica Molecular, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The work presented in this report is the subject of a pending patent filed by Biobierica SA and Progenika SA (Title: Markers for joint dysplasia, osteoarthritis and conditions secondary thereto; Published as EP 2619319 A2 and US 2013-0263294 A1). NB, MA, DT, AM, ES, OF, AV and AS are listed as inventors in the patent file. A product has been developed by Progenika SA and Bioiberica SA (Dysgen test for Labrador retrievers commercially available). NB, MS, MA, AM and DT are currently employees of Progenika Biopharma SA. AV and SS are employed by Bioiberica SA whose company funded this study, as Head of Veterinary Division and R&D Veterinary Manager, respectively. JC received honoraria from Bioibérica SA for consultancy and for performing the analysis of the pedigrees. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AV AM AS OF DT MA NB J. Cerdeira. Performed the experiments: ES MS NB J. Cerdeira. Analyzed the data: MA NB OF DT ES J. Cerdeira J. Casellas. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM AS AV. Wrote the paper: NB MA SS OF AS.