About the Authors

Mia Olsson

mia.olsson@imbim.uu.se (MO); kersli@broadinstitute.org (KL-T); jennifer.meadows@imbim.uu.se (JRSM)

Affiliation Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Linda Tintle

Affiliation Wurtsboro Veterinary Clinic, Wurtsboro, New York, United States of America

Marcin Kierczak

Affiliation Computational Genetics Section, Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden

Michele Perloski

Affiliation Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, United States of America

Noriko Tonomura

Affiliations Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, United States of America, Department of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andrew Lundquist

Affiliation Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, United States of America

Eva Murén

Affiliation Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Max Fels

Affiliation Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Katarina Tengvall

Affiliation Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Gerli Pielberg

Affiliation Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Caroline Dufaure de Citres

Affiliation ANTAGENE Animal Genetics Laboratory, La Tour de Salvagny (69 Lyon), France

Laetitia Dorso

Affiliation LUNAM University, Oniris, AMaROC Unit, Nantes, F-44307, France

Jérôme Abadie

Affiliation LUNAM University, Oniris, AMaROC Unit, Nantes, F-44307, France

Jeanette Hanson

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden

Anne Thomas

Affiliation ANTAGENE Animal Genetics Laboratory, La Tour de Salvagny (69 Lyon), France

Peter Leegwater

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Åke Hedhammar

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden

Kerstin Lindblad-Toh

mia.olsson@imbim.uu.se (MO); kersli@broadinstitute.org (KL-T); jennifer.meadows@imbim.uu.se (JRSM)

Affiliations Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, United States of America

Jennifer R. S. Meadows

mia.olsson@imbim.uu.se (MO); kersli@broadinstitute.org (KL-T); jennifer.meadows@imbim.uu.se (JRSM)

Affiliation Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors acknowledge that two of the co-authors (Caroline Dufaure de Citres and Anne Thomas)are employed by ANTAGENE, however there are no competing interests with regards to their employment and this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. A patent (Y/Ref. BI-2012/088; O/Ref. BINS.P0002US SN 13/161,213) related to the current material has been lodged by co-authors Mia Olsson, Linda Tintle, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh and Jennifer Meadows, however this does not does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MO GP LT JRSM KL-T. Performed the experiments: MO MP EM MF CDdC JH AT JRSM. Analyzed the data: MO MK MP GP MF CDdC JA AT LT KL-T JRSM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NT AL KT LD JH PL ÅH. Wrote the paper: MO GP KL-T JRSM.