About the Authors
- Ute Philipp
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* E-mail: ute.philipp@tiho-hannover.de
Affiliation Institute for Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Andrea Vollmar
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Affiliation Veterinary Clinic for Small Animals, Wissen, Germany
- Jens Häggström
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
- Anne Thomas
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Affiliation ANTAGENE, Animal Genetics Laboratory, Limonest, France
- Ottmar Distl
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Affiliation Institute for Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Competing Interests
AT is the Head of Research and Development at Antagene. 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: UP AV OD. Performed the experiments: UP AT AV. Analyzed the data: UP JH AT AV OD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UP JH AT AV OD. Wrote the paper: UP OD.