About the Authors

Fernanda Caroline dos Santos

Contributed equally to this work with: Fernanda Caroline dos Santos, Maria Gabriela Campolina Diniz Peixoto

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Maria Gabriela Campolina Diniz Peixoto

Contributed equally to this work with: Fernanda Caroline dos Santos, Maria Gabriela Campolina Diniz Peixoto

Affiliation Embrapa Gado de Leite, Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Pablo Augusto de Souza Fonseca

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Maria de Fátima Ávila Pires

Affiliation Embrapa Gado de Leite, Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Ricardo Vieira Ventura

Affiliations Center for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, Beef Improvement Opportunities, Guelph, Canada

Izinara da Cruz. Rosse

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Frank Angelo Tomita Bruneli

Affiliation Embrapa Gado de Leite, Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Marco Antonio Machado

Affiliation Embrapa Gado de Leite, Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Maria Raquel Santos Carvalho

ma.raquel.carvalho@gmail.com

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: FCS MGCDP PASF MFAP RVV ICR FATB MRSC. Data curation: FCS MGCDP. Formal analysis: FCS PASF MGCDP FATB RVV. Funding acquisition: MGCDP MRSC. Investigation: FCS PASF MRSC ICR. Methodology: FCS MGCDP PASF RVV FATB MRSC. Project administration: MGCDP MRSC. Resources: MGCDP MFAP MRSC MAM. Software: FCS RVV. Supervision: MRSC MGCDP. Validation: FCS PASF MGCDP MRSC RVV. Visualization: FCS. Writing – original draft: FCS MGCDP MRSC. Writing – review & editing: FCS MGCDP PASF MFAP RVV ICR FATB MRSC MAM.