About the Authors

Hiroki Sugimoto

Affiliations Mouse Genomics Resource Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka-ken, Japan, Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Tokyo, Japan

Shota Okabe

Affiliation Companion Animal Research, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa-ken, Japan

Masahiro Kato

Affiliation Kato Acoustics Consulting Office, Yokohama, Japan

Nobuyoshi Koshida

Affiliation Division of Electronic and Information Engineering, Graduate School, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

Toshihiko Shiroishi

Affiliations Mammalian Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka-ken, Japan, Department of Genetics, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan

Kazutaka Mogi

Affiliation Companion Animal Research, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa-ken, Japan

Takefumi Kikusui

Affiliation Companion Animal Research, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa-ken, Japan

Tsuyoshi Koide

tkoide@lab.nig.ac.jp

Affiliations Mouse Genomics Resource Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka-ken, Japan, Department of Genetics, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS T. Kikusui T. Koide. Performed the experiments: HS. Analyzed the data: HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS SO MK NK TS KM T. Kikusui T. Koide. Wrote the paper: HS T. Kikusui T. Koide.