About the Authors
- Katriina Tiira
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Affiliations Research Programs Unit, Molecular Medicine, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, The Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
- Osmo Hakosalo
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Affiliations Research Programs Unit, Molecular Medicine, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, The Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
- Lauri Kareinen
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Affiliations Research Programs Unit, Molecular Medicine, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, The Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
- Anne Thomas
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Affiliation Antagene, Animal Genetics Laboratory, Lyon, France
- Anna Hielm-Björkman
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Affiliation Department of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Catherine Escriou
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Affiliation National Veterinary School of Lyon, Lyon, France
- Paul Arnold
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Affiliation Program in Genetics and Genomic Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Hannes Lohi
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* E-mail: hannes.lohi@helsinki.fi
Affiliations Research Programs Unit, Molecular Medicine, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, The Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
Competing Interests
AT works in a private Antagene company. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KT HL. Performed the experiments: KT OH LK AT. Analyzed the data: KT OH AH-B. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HL AT PA CE. Wrote the paper: KT HL.