About the Authors

Maria Grazia Doro

Affiliation Institute of Population Genetics, National Research Council (CNR), Sassari, Italy

Daniela Piras

Affiliations Institute of Population Genetics, National Research Council (CNR), Sassari, Italy, Experimental Zoo-prophylactic Institute of Sardinia, Sassari, Italy

Giovanni Giuseppe Leoni

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Giuseppina Casu

Affiliation Institute of Population Genetics, National Research Council (CNR), Sassari, Italy

Simona Vaccargiu

Affiliation Institute of Population Genetics, National Research Council (CNR), Sassari, Italy

Debora Parracciani

Affiliation Genetic Park of Ogliastra, Perdasdefogu, Italy

Salvatore Naitana

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Mario Pirastu

Affiliations Institute of Population Genetics, National Research Council (CNR), Sassari, Italy, Genetic Park of Ogliastra, Perdasdefogu, Italy

Andrea Novelletto

novelletto@bio.uniroma2.it

Affiliation Department of Biology, University “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGD D. Piras MP. Performed the experiments: MGD D. Piras GC. Analyzed the data: MGD D. Piras AN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GGL SV D. Parracciani SN. Wrote the paper: AN.