About the Authors

Lea Lango-Scholey

Affiliation School for Veterinary Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Jack Aidley

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Alexandra Woodacre

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Michael A. Jones

Affiliation School for Veterinary Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Christopher D. Bayliss

cdb12@le.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CDB MAJ. Performed the experiments: LLS AW JA. Analyzed the data: LLS JA CDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JA. Wrote the paper: LLS CDB.