About the Authors
- Jessica L. Petersen
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* E-mail: jlpeters@umn.edu
Affiliation University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine, St Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- James R. Mickelson
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Affiliation University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine, St Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- E. Gus Cothran
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Affiliation Texas A&M University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Lisa S. Andersson
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Affiliation Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Uppsala, Sweden
- Jeanette Axelsson
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Affiliation Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Uppsala, Sweden
- Ernie Bailey
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Affiliation University of Kentucky, Department of Veterinary Science, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
- Danika Bannasch
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Affiliation University of California Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America
- Matthew M. Binns
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Affiliation Equine Analysis, Midway, Kentucky, United States of America
- Alexandre S. Borges
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Affiliation University Estadual Paulista, Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, Botucatu-SP, Brazil
- Pieter Brama
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Affiliation University College Dublin, School of Veterinary Medicine, Dublin, Ireland
- Artur da Câmara Machado
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Affiliation University of Azores, Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Biotechnology Centre of Azores, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
- Ottmar Distl
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Affiliation University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Institute for Animal Breeding and Genetics, Hannover, Germany
- Michela Felicetti
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Affiliation University of Perugia, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Perugia, Italy
- Laura Fox-Clipsham
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Affiliation Animal Health Trust, Lanwades Park, Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom
- Kathryn T. Graves
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Affiliation University of Kentucky, Department of Veterinary Science, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
- Gérard Guérin
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Affiliation French National Institute for Agricultural Research-Animal Genetics and Integrative Biology Unit, Jouy en Josas, France
- Bianca Haase
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Affiliation University of Sydney, Veterinary Science, New South Wales, Australia
- Telhisa Hasegawa
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Affiliation Nihon Bioresource College, Koga, Ibaraki, Japan
- Karin Hemmann
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Affiliation University of Helsinki, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Helsinki, Finland
- Emmeline W. Hill
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Affiliation University College Dublin, College of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
- Tosso Leeb
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Affiliation University of Bern, Institute of Genetics, Bern, Switzerland
- Gabriella Lindgren
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Affiliation Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Uppsala, Sweden
- Hannes Lohi
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Affiliation University of Helsinki, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Helsinki, Finland
- Maria Susana Lopes
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Affiliation University of Azores, Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Biotechnology Centre of Azores, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
- Beatrice A. McGivney
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Affiliation University College Dublin, College of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
- Sofia Mikko
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Affiliation Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Uppsala, Sweden
- Nicholas Orr
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Affiliation Institute of Cancer Research, Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, London, United Kingdom
- M. Cecilia T Penedo
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Affiliation University of California Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America
- Richard J. Piercy
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Affiliation Royal Veterinary College, Comparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, London, United Kingdom
- Marja Raekallio
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Affiliation University of Helsinki, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Helsinki, Finland
- Stefan Rieder
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Affiliation Swiss National Stud Farm, Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station, Avenches, Switzerland
- Knut H. Røed
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Affiliation Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Oslo, Norway
- Maurizio Silvestrelli
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Affiliation University of Perugia, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Perugia, Italy
- June Swinburne
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Affiliations Animal Health Trust, Lanwades Park, Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom, Animal DNA Diagnostics Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Teruaki Tozaki
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Affiliation Laboratory of Racing Chemistry, Department of Molecular Genetics, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
- Mark Vaudin
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Affiliation Animal Health Trust, Lanwades Park, Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom
- Claire M. Wade
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Affiliation University of Sydney, Veterinary Science, New South Wales, Australia
- Molly E. McCue
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Affiliation University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine, St Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
Competing Interests
Matthew M. Binns is employed by Equine Analysis, June Swinburne by Animal DNA Diagnostics Ltd., and Emmeline W. Hill, Nickolas Orr, and Beatrice A. McGivney are associated with Equinome Ltd. There are no competing interests including patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare in relationship to this work. This does not alter the authors‚ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing details and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JLP JRM MEM. Performed the experiments: JLP MEM. Analyzed the data: JLP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLP JRM EGC LSA JA EB DB MMB ASB PB ACM OD MF LFC KTG GG BH TH KH EWH TL GL HL MSL BAM SM NO MCTP RJP MR SR KHR MS JS TT MV CMW MEM. Wrote the paper: JLP JRM EGC MEM.