About the Authors
- Florian R. L. Meyer
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Affiliations Genomics Core Facility, VetCore, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria, Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
- Heinrich Grausgruber
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Affiliation Department of Crop Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Tulln, Austria
- Claudia Binter
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Affiliation Institute of Animal Nutrition and Functional Plant Compounds, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
- Georg E. Mair
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Affiliation Genomics Core Facility, VetCore, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
- Christian Guelly
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Affiliation Center for Medical Research, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Claus Vogl
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Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
- Ralf Steinborn
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* E-mail: Ralf.Steinborn@vetmeduni.ac.at
Affiliation Genomics Core Facility, VetCore, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Study initiation: RS. Introduced terminology of reference gene classes: CG RS. Contributed 35 percent [PLoS Biol 5: e18.]: FM. Contributed 35 percent [PLoS Biol 5: e18.]: RS. Contributed 15 percent [PLoS Biol 5: e18.]: HG. Contributed 15 percent [PLoS Biol 5: e18.]: CB GM CG CV. Conceived and designed the experiments: FM RS. Performed the experiments: FM HG CB GM CG CV RS. Analyzed the data: FM HG CV RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HG CV. Wrote the paper: FM RS.