About the Authors
- Kathrin Kienapfel
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* E-mail: Kathrin.Kienapfel@rub.de (KK); koenigvb@gwdg.de (UK)
Affiliation Department of Animal Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
- Yvonne Link
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Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Uta König v. Borstel
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* E-mail: Kathrin.Kienapfel@rub.de (KK); koenigvb@gwdg.de (UK)
Affiliation Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KK YL. Performed the experiments: YL. Analyzed the data: YL UK KK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL KK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: YL KK UK.