About the Authors

Oscar Gonzalez-Recio

ogrecio@gmail.com

Affiliations Biosciences Research Division, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia, Dairy Futures Cooperative Research Centre, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia

Hans D. Daetwyler

Affiliations Biosciences Research Division, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia, Dairy Futures Cooperative Research Centre, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia, School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 3086, Australia

Iona M. MacLeod

Affiliations Biosciences Research Division, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia, Dairy Futures Cooperative Research Centre, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia

Jennie E. Pryce

Affiliations Biosciences Research Division, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia, Dairy Futures Cooperative Research Centre, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia, School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 3086, Australia

Phil J. Bowman

Affiliations Biosciences Research Division, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia, Dairy Futures Cooperative Research Centre, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia

Ben J. Hayes

Affiliations Biosciences Research Division, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia, Dairy Futures Cooperative Research Centre, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia, School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 3086, Australia

Michael E. Goddard

Affiliations Biosciences Research Division, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OGR HDD BJH MEG. Performed the experiments: OGR HDD IMM. Analyzed the data: OGR HDD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HDD JEP IMM BJH PJB. Wrote the paper: OGR HDD IMM JEP PJB BJH MEG.