About the Authors
- James W. Kijas
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* E-mail: James.Kijas@csiro.au
Affiliation CSIRO Livestock Industries, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- David Townley
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Affiliation CSIRO Livestock Industries, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Brian P. Dalrymple
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Affiliation CSIRO Livestock Industries, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Michael P. Heaton
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS), Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America
- Jillian F. Maddox
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Annette McGrath
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Affiliation Australian Genome Research Centre, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Peter Wilson
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Affiliation Australian Genome Research Centre, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Roxann G. Ingersoll
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Affiliation Johns Hopkins University, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Russell McCulloch
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Affiliation CSIRO Livestock Industries, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Sean McWilliam
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Affiliation CSIRO Livestock Industries, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Dave Tang
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Affiliation CSIRO Livestock Industries, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- John McEwan
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Affiliation AgResearch, Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, New Zealand
- Noelle Cockett
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Affiliation ADVS Department, College of Agriculture, Utah State University, Utah, United States of America
- V. Hutton Oddy
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Affiliation School of Meat Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
- Frank W. Nicholas
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Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Herman Raadsma
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Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- for the International Sheep Genomics Consortium
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JK DT BPD JFM JM HVO FN ISGC. Performed the experiments: AM PW RGI RM ISGC. Analyzed the data: JK DT BPD MH JFM AM PW RGI SM DT JM ISGC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK DT BPD MH RGI JM NC HR ISGC. Wrote the paper: JK DT BPD FN HR ISGC.