About the Authors

Cord Drögemüller

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Ursula Reichart

Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Torsten Seuberlich

Affiliation Neurocenter, Division of Experimental Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Anna Oevermann

Affiliation Neurocenter, Division of Experimental Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Martin Baumgartner

Affiliation Division of Molecular Pathobiology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Kathrin Kühni Boghenbor

Affiliation Division of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Michael H. Stoffel

Affiliation Division of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Claudia Syring

Affiliation Clinic for Ruminants, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Mireille Meylan

Affiliation Clinic for Ruminants, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Simone Müller

Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Mathias Müller

Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Birgit Gredler

Affiliation Division of Livestock Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Johann Sölkner

Contributed equally to this work with: Johann Sölkner, Tosso Leeb

Johann.Soelkner@boku.ac.at (JS); Tosso.Leeb@itz.unibe.ch (TL)

Affiliation Division of Livestock Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Tosso Leeb

Contributed equally to this work with: Johann Sölkner, Tosso Leeb

Johann.Soelkner@boku.ac.at (JS); Tosso.Leeb@itz.unibe.ch (TL)

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CD JS TL. Performed the experiments: CD UR TS AO MB KKB MHS CS M. Meylan BG JS. Analyzed the data: CD AO JS TL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM M. Müller. Wrote the paper: CD TL.