Selection in Australian Thoroughbred horses acts on a locus associated with early two-year old speed

• Haige Han,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China.

  Affiliations Plusvital Ltd, The Highline, Dun Laoghaire Business Park, Dublin, Ireland, UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0812-3000

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• Beatrice A. McGivney,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Plusvital Ltd, The Highline, Dun Laoghaire Business Park, Dublin, Ireland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8841-4544

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• Gabriella Farries,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2586-9971

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• Lisa M. Katz,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• David E. MacHugh,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-4704

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• Imtiaz A. S. Randhawa,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7224-191X

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• Emmeline W. Hill

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: emmeline.hill@ucd.ie

  Affiliations Plusvital Ltd, The Highline, Dun Laoghaire Business Park, Dublin, Ireland, UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1805-2250

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