About the Authors
- Miriam Ayuso
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Affiliation Departamento de Producción Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
- Almudena Fernández
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Affiliation Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain
- Yolanda Núñez
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Affiliation Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain
- Rita Benítez
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Affiliation Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain
- Beatriz Isabel
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Affiliation Departamento de Producción Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
- Carmen Barragán
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Affiliation Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain
- Ana Isabel Fernández
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Affiliation Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain
- Ana Isabel Rey
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Affiliation Departamento de Producción Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
- Juan F. Medrano
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Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Ángela Cánovas
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Current address: Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Center for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Antonio González-Bulnes
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Affiliation Comparative Physiology Lab SGIT-INIA, Madrid, Spain
- Clemente López-Bote
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Affiliation Departamento de Producción Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
- Cristina Ovilo
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* E-mail: ovilo@inia.es
Affiliation Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist, excepting that the co-author Antonio González-Bulnes is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. However, this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CO CLB AGB. Performed the experiments: MA BI AIR RB YN CB. Analyzed the data: MA AF AIF CO JFM AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AGB BI AIR. Wrote the paper: MA CO.