About the Authors
- Marcos E. Buzanskas
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Affiliation Departamento de Ciências Exatas, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil
- Daniela A. Grossi
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Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock (CGIL), Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Ricardo V. Ventura
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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
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Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock (CGIL), Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Mehdi Sargolzaei
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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
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Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Fabiana B. Mokry
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Affiliation Department of Genetics and Evolution, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
- Roberto H. Higa
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Affiliation Embrapa Agricultural Informatics, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Maurício A. Mudadu
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Affiliation Embrapa Southeast Livestock, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
- Marcos V. G. Barbosa. da Silva
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Affiliation Embrapa Dairy Cattle, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Simone C. M. Niciura
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Affiliation Embrapa Southeast Livestock, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
- Roberto A. A. Torres. Júnior
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Affiliation Embrapa Beef Cattle, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- Maurício M. Alencar
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Affiliation Embrapa Southeast Livestock, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
- Luciana C. A. Regitano
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Affiliation Embrapa Southeast Livestock, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
- Danísio P. Munari
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* E-mail: 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.