About the Authors

Hans D. Daetwyler

hans.daetwyler@roslin.ed.ac.uk

Affiliations Genetics and Genomics, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian, United Kingdom, Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Beatriz Villanueva

Affiliation Sustainable Livestock Systems, Scottish Agriculture College, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

John A. Woolliams

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HDD BV JAW. Performed the experiments: HDD JAW. Analyzed the data: HDD JAW. Wrote the paper: HDD BV JAW.