About the Authors
- Emmeline W. Hill
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* E-mail: emmeline.hill@ucd.ie
Affiliation Animal Genomics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Jingjing Gu
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Affiliation Animal Genomics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Suzanne S. Eivers
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Affiliation Animal Genomics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Rita G. Fonseca
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Affiliation Animal Genomics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Beatrice A. McGivney
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Affiliation Animal Genomics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Preethi Govindarajan
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Affiliation Animal Genomics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Nick Orr
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Current address: Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
Affiliation Animal Genomics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Lisa M. Katz
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Affiliation Animal Genomics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- David MacHugh
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Affiliations Animal Genomics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Competing Interests
Patent applications: United States Provisional Serial Number 61/136553 and Irish patent application number 2008/0735. Patent Cooperation Treaty filing: “A method for predicting athletic performance potential,” September 7, 2009. The following authors are named on the applications: EWH, JG, LMK, NO, and DM. These applications do not alter adherence to policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EWH. Performed the experiments: EWH JG SSE RGF BAM PG NO LMK. Analyzed the data: EWH. Wrote the paper: EWH DM. Provided veterinary assistance LMK.