About the Authors

Marcos E. Buzanskas

Affiliation Departamento de Ciências Exatas, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil

Daniela A. Grossi

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock (CGIL), Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Ricardo V. Ventura

Affiliations Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock (CGIL), Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Beef Improvement Opportunities (BIO), Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Flávio S. Schenkel

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock (CGIL), Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Mehdi Sargolzaei

Affiliations Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock (CGIL), Guelph, Ontario, Canada, The Semex Alliance, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Sarah L. C. Meirelles

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fabiana B. Mokry

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Evolution, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Roberto H. Higa

Affiliation Embrapa Agricultural Informatics, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Maurício A. Mudadu

Affiliation Embrapa Southeast Livestock, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Marcos V. G. Barbosa. da Silva

Affiliation Embrapa Dairy Cattle, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Simone C. M. Niciura

Affiliation Embrapa Southeast Livestock, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Roberto A. A. Torres. Júnior

Affiliation Embrapa Beef Cattle, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Maurício M. Alencar

Affiliation Embrapa Southeast Livestock, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Luciana C. A. Regitano

Affiliation Embrapa Southeast Livestock, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Danísio P. Munari

danisio@fcav.unesp.br

Affiliation Departamento de Ciências Exatas, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

Ricardo V. Ventura is an employee of Beef Improvement Opportunities (BIO) and Mehdi Sargolzaei is an employee of the The Semex Alliance. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There is no other competing interest to be declared according to the policy of PLOS ONE.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LCAR MVGBS SCMN SLCM MMA. Performed the experiments: LCAR SLCM. Analyzed the data: MEB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RVV MS. Wrote the paper: MEB. Participated in results’ interpretation and manuscript revision: MEB DAG RVV MS FSS RHH MAM FBM DPM. Collected the data of the project: RAATJ MMA SLCM LCAR.