About the Authors
- Jennifer L. Johnson
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Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, College of ACES, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States of America
- Helena Wittgenstein
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Affiliation Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States of America
- Sharon E. Mitchell
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Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology, Genomic Diversity Facility, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States of America
- Katie E. Hyma
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Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology, Genomic Diversity Facility, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States of America
- Svetlana V. Temnykh
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Affiliation Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States of America
- Anastasiya V. Kharlamova
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Affiliation Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Rimma G. Gulevich
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Affiliation Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Anastasiya V. Vladimirova
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Affiliation Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Hiu Wa Flora Fong
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Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, College of ACES, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States of America
- Gregory M. Acland
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Affiliation Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States of America
- Lyudmila N. Trut
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Affiliation Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Anna V. Kukekova
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* E-mail: avk@illinois.edu
Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, College of ACES, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: A. V. Kukekova SEM JLJ GMA LNT. Performed the experiments: SEM JLJ HW HWFF SVT A. V. Kharlamova RGG AVV. Analyzed the data: JLJ KEH SEM A. V. Kukekova HW SVT HWFF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LNT A. V. Kharlamova RGG AVV GMA A. V. Kukekova. Wrote the paper: A. V. Kukekova JLJ SEM KEH LNT GMA.