About the Authors

Elisabeth Le Bihan-Duval

lebihan@tours.inra.fr

Affiliation INRA, UR83, Recherches Avicoles, Nouzilly, France

Javad Nadaf

Affiliation INRA, UR83, Recherches Avicoles, Nouzilly, France

Cécile Berri

Affiliation INRA, UR83, Recherches Avicoles, Nouzilly, France

Frédérique Pitel

Affiliation INRA, ENVT, UMR444 Génétique Cellulaire, Castanet-Tolosan, France

Benoît Graulet

Affiliation INRA, UR1213 Herbivores, Centre de Clermont-Ferrand/Theix, St-Genès-Champanelle, France

Estelle Godet

Affiliation INRA, UR83, Recherches Avicoles, Nouzilly, France

Sophie Y. Leroux

Affiliation INRA, ENVT, UMR444 Génétique Cellulaire, Castanet-Tolosan, France

Olivier Demeure

Affiliations INRA, UMR 598 Génétique Animale, Rennes, France, Agrocampus Ouest, UMR 598 Génétique Animale, Rennes, France

Sandrine Lagarrigue

Affiliations INRA, UMR 598 Génétique Animale, Rennes, France, Agrocampus Ouest, UMR 598 Génétique Animale, Rennes, France

Cécile Duby

Affiliations INRA, UMR 598 Génétique Animale, Rennes, France, Agrocampus Ouest, UMR 598 Génétique Animale, Rennes, France

Larry A. Cogburn

Affiliation Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Catherine M. Beaumont

Affiliation INRA, UR83, Recherches Avicoles, Nouzilly, France

Michel J. Duclos

Affiliation INRA, UR83, Recherches Avicoles, Nouzilly, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ELBD JN CB FP BG OD SL CMB MJD. Performed the experiments: ELBD JN CB FP BG EG SYL OD SL CD MJD. Analyzed the data: ELBD JN CB FP BG EG SYL OD SL CD LAC CMB MJD. Wrote the paper: ELBD JN CB FP BG OD SL LAC CMB MJD.