About the Authors
- Richard J. Leach
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* E-mail: richard.j.leach@ars.usda.gov
Current address: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, United States Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Genetics and Genomics, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom
- Ronan G. O'Neill
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Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland
- Julie L. Fitzpatrick
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Affiliation Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom,
- John L. Williams
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Current address: Parco Tecnologico Padano, Polo Universitario, Lodi, Italy
Affiliation Department of Genetics and Genomics, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom
- Elizabeth J. Glass
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Affiliation Department of Genetics and Genomics, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interest: Pfizer Animal Health provided a proportion of the funding for this investigation. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JLW JLF EJG. Performed the experiments: RGO. Analyzed the data: RJL. Wrote the paper: RJL. Helped to edit the manuscript: EJG JLW RGO JLF.