About the Authors

Lena Fels

Affiliation Institute for Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Ottmar Distl

ottmar.distl@tiho-hannover.de

Affiliation Institute for Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OD. Performed the experiments: LF OD. Analyzed the data: LF OD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OD. Wrote the paper: LF OD.