About the Authors
- Lakshmi K. Matukumalli
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Affiliations Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Cynthia T. Lawley
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Affiliation Illumina, Inc., Hayward, California, United States of America
- Robert D. Schnabel
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Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- Jeremy F. Taylor
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Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- Mark F. Allan
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Affiliation U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, USDA, ARS, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America
- Michael P. Heaton
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Affiliation U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, USDA, ARS, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America
- Jeff O'Connell
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Stephen S. Moore
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Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Timothy P. L. Smith
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Affiliation U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, USDA, ARS, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America
- Tad S. Sonstegard
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Affiliation Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Curtis P. Van Tassell
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* E-mail: curtvt@ars.usda.gov
Affiliation Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
Cynthia T. Lawley is an employee of Illumina Inc.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LKM RDS JT TS TS CPVT. Performed the experiments: LKM CTL RDS JT MFA JO TS TS SM CPVT. Analyzed the data: LKM CTL RDS JT MH JO TS CPVT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LKM CTL RDS JT MFA MH TS TS SM CPVT. Wrote the paper: LKM CTL RDS JT MFA MH JO TS TS CPVT.