About the Authors

Luise A. Seeker

Luise.seeker@sruc.ac.uk

Affiliations Animal & Veterinary Sciences, SRUC, Roslin Institute Building, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, United Kingdom, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Rebecca Holland

Affiliation Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Sarah Underwood

Affiliation Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Jennifer Fairlie

Affiliation Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Androniki Psifidi

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Joanna J. Ilska

Affiliation Animal & Veterinary Sciences, SRUC, Roslin Institute Building, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, United Kingdom

Ainsley Bagnall

Affiliation SRUC Crichton Royal Farm, Glencaple Road, Dumfries, United Kingdom

Bruce Whitelaw

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Mike Coffey

Affiliation Animal & Veterinary Sciences, SRUC, Roslin Institute Building, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, United Kingdom

Georgios Banos

Affiliations Animal & Veterinary Sciences, SRUC, Roslin Institute Building, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, United Kingdom, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Daniel H. Nussey

Affiliation Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: LS RH SU JF AP JI BW MC GB DN. Data curation: LS RH SU JF JI. Formal analysis: LS GB DN. Funding acquisition: GB DN MC BW. Investigation: LS JF AP. Methodology: LS RH SU JF AP. Project administration: GB. Resources: AB MC. Supervision: GB DN MC BW. Validation: GB DN. Visualization: LS. Writing – original draft: LS DN. Writing – review & editing: SU JF AP JI MC GB.