About the Authors
- Heidi Signer-Hasler
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Affiliation School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Zollikofen, Switzerland
- Christine Flury
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Affiliation School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Zollikofen, Switzerland
- Bianca Haase
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Affiliations Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, New South Whales, Australia
- Dominik Burger
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Affiliation Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux (ALP) Haras, Swiss National Stud Farm (SNSTF), Avenches, Switzerland
- Henner Simianer
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Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
- Tosso Leeb
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Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Stefan Rieder
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* E-mail: stefan.rieder@haras.admin.ch
Affiliation Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux (ALP) Haras, Swiss National Stud Farm (SNSTF), Avenches, Switzerland
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SR HSH. Performed the experiments: BH TL. Analyzed the data: HSH CF TL HS SR. Wrote the paper: HSH TL SR. In charge of sample collection and contributed phenotypic information: DB.