About the Authors

Goutam Sahana

Goutam.Sahana@agrsci.dk

Affiliation Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark

Ulrik Sander Nielsen

Affiliation Knowledge Center for Agriculture, Aarhus, Denmark

Gert Pedersen Aamand

Affiliation Nordic Cattle Genetic Evaluation, Aarhus, Denmark

Mogens Sandø Lund

Affiliation Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark

Bernt Guldbrandtsen

Affiliation Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BG GS MSL. Analyzed the data: GS USN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSL GPA. Wrote the paper: GS.