About the Authors

Aoi Noda

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Riku Yonesaka

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Shinji Sasazaki

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Hideyuki Mannen

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mannen@kobe-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.