About the Authors

Irina A. Polejaeva

irina.polejaeva@usu.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Diane M. Broek

Affiliation ViaGen, L.C., Cedar Park, Texas, United States of America

Shawn C. Walker

Affiliation ViaGen, L.C., Cedar Park, Texas, United States of America

Wenli Zhou

Affiliation ViaGen, L.C., Cedar Park, Texas, United States of America

Mark Walton

Affiliation Recombinetics, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Abby D. Benninghoff

Affiliations Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America, School of Veterinary Medicine, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

David C. Faber

Affiliation Trans Ova Genetics, L.C., Sioux Center, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

Authors (IAP, DMB, SCW, WZ, MW,) are currently or have been employed by ViaGen, L.C. and/or (DMB, DCF) by Trans Ova Genetics, L.C. These companies engage in commercial cattle breeding services in addition to their research activities in assisted reproductive technologies for livestock. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. MW is currently employed by Recombinetics, Inc., the company was not involved in the work reported here. ViaGen and Trans Ova Genetics did not have any involvement in the analysis of this dataset, although they did review and provide commentary on the completed manuscript. Analysis of this dataset and primary interpretation of the results was performed by ADB, who has no affiliation with these companies or any other competing interests to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IAP DMB SCW WZ MW DCF. Performed the experiments: IAP DMB SCW WZ. Analyzed the data: ADB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IAP DMB SCW WZ MW ADB DCF. Wrote the paper: IAP ADB. Manuscript review: IAP DMB SCW WZ MW ADB DCF.