About the Authors

Christine Burkard

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

Simon G. Lillico

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

Elizabeth Reid

Affiliation The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, United Kingdom

Ben Jackson

Affiliation The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, United Kingdom

Alan J. Mileham

Affiliation Genus plc, DeForest, Wisconsin, United States of America

Tahar Ait-Ali

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

C. Bruce A. Whitelaw

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

Alan L. Archibald

alan.archibald@roslin.ed.ac.uk

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

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: CB, SGL, TAA, CBAW, and ALA have patent claims on the targeted deletion described in the manuscript. AJM is employed by a commercial company, Genus plc, a commercial livestock breeder.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CB SGL AJM TAA CBAW ALA. Data curation: TAA ALA. Formal analysis: CB TAA. Funding acquisition: SGL AJM TAA CBAW ALA. Investigation: CB SGL ER BJ. Methodology: CB SGL CBAW ALA. Project administration: CB SGL. Supervision: CB SGL TAA CBAW ALA. Validation: CB SGL. Visualization: CB. Writing – original draft: CB. Writing – review & editing: CB SGL AJM TAA CBAW ALA.