About the Authors

Annie Menoud

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Monika Welle

Affiliations Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, DermFocus, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Jens Tetens

Affiliation Institute for Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Peter Lichtner

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

Cord Drögemüller

cord.droegemueller@vetsuisse.unibe.ch

Affiliations Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, DermFocus, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CD. Performed the experiments: AM MW JT PL CD. Analyzed the data: AM MW CD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MW JT PL. Wrote the paper: AM CD.