About the Authors
- Irina A. Polejaeva
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* E-mail: irina.polejaeva@usu.edu
Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America
- Diane M. Broek
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Affiliation ViaGen, L.C., Cedar Park, Texas, United States of America
- Shawn C. Walker
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Affiliation ViaGen, L.C., Cedar Park, Texas, United States of America
- Wenli Zhou
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Affiliation ViaGen, L.C., Cedar Park, Texas, United States of America
- Mark Walton
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Affiliation Recombinetics, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- Abby D. Benninghoff
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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
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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.