About the Authors
- Xin-Sheng Hu
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* E-mail: xin-sheng.hu@ualberta.ca
Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- Janika Simila
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Affiliation IdentiGEN North America, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
- Sindey Schueler Platz
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Affiliation IdentiGEN North America, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
- Stephen S. Moore
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Affiliations Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, Centre for Animal Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
- Graham Plastow
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Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- Ciaran N. Meghen
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Affiliation IdentiGEN North America, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Simila, Dr. Platz and Dr. Meghen are employed by IdentiGEN North America Inc. This study was funded by the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SSM CNM GP. Performed the experiments: SSM CNM GP. Analyzed the data: XSH JS SSP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSM CNM GP SSP XSH JS. Wrote the paper: XSH CNM SSP GP. Developed method and conducted simulations: XSH.