About the Authors
- Gesine Lühken
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* E-mail: Gesine.Luehken@agrar.uni-giessen.de
Affiliation Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
- Katharina Fleck
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Affiliation Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
- Alfredo Pauciullo
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Affiliation Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
- Maike Huisinga
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Affiliation Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
- Georg Erhardt
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Affiliation Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GL AP GE. Performed the experiments: KF MH AP. Analyzed the data: GL KF AP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GL AP GE. Wrote the paper: GL KF AP. Revised the article critically for important intellectual content: MH GE. Gave final approval of the version to be published: all the authors.