About the Authors

Kristina L. Weber

kristina.weber@zoetis.com

Affiliation VMRD Genetics R&D, Zoetis Inc., Kalamazoo, MI, United States of America

Bryan T. Welly

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America

Alison L. Van Eenennaam

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America

Amy E. Young

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America

Laercio R. Porto-Neto

Affiliation CSIRO Agriculture, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia

Antonio Reverter

Affiliation CSIRO Agriculture, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia

Gonzalo Rincon

Affiliation VMRD Genetics R&D, Zoetis Inc., Kalamazoo, MI, United States of America

Competing Interests

KW and GR are currently employed by the funding agency, Zoetis Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AVE KW GR. Performed the experiments: KW BW AY. Analyzed the data: KW LPN AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AVE GR AR. Wrote the paper: KW.