About the Authors

Mani Ghanipoor-Samami

Contributed equally to this work with: Mani Ghanipoor-Samami, Ali Javadmanesh

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, JS Davies Epigenetics and Genetics Group, Davies Research Centre, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Roseworthy Campus, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, South Australia, Australia

Ali Javadmanesh

Contributed equally to this work with: Mani Ghanipoor-Samami, Ali Javadmanesh

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization

Current address: Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Affiliations Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, JS Davies Epigenetics and Genetics Group, Davies Research Centre, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Roseworthy Campus, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, South Australia, Australia

Brian M. Burns

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Centre for Animal Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Dana A. Thomsen

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliations Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, JS Davies Epigenetics and Genetics Group, Davies Research Centre, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Roseworthy Campus, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, South Australia, Australia

Greg S. Nattrass

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Livestock Systems, South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), Roseworthy, South Australia, Australia

Consuelo Amor S. Estrella

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Current address: University of the Philippines, Laguna, Philippines

Affiliations Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, JS Davies Epigenetics and Genetics Group, Davies Research Centre, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Roseworthy Campus, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, South Australia, Australia

Karen L. Kind

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation JS Davies Epigenetics and Genetics Group, Davies Research Centre, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Roseworthy Campus, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, South Australia, Australia

Stefan Hiendleder

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

stefan.hiendleder@adelaide.edu.au

Affiliations Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, JS Davies Epigenetics and Genetics Group, Davies Research Centre, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Roseworthy Campus, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, South Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.