About the Authors

Judit Salces-Ortiz

malena@inia.es

Affiliation Dpto. Mejora Genética animal. Inst. Nac. Invest. Agrarias y Alimentarias, Madrid, Spain

Carmen González

Affiliation Dpto. Mejora Genética animal. Inst. Nac. Invest. Agrarias y Alimentarias, Madrid, Spain

Natalia Moreno-Sánchez

Affiliation Dpto. Mejora Genética animal. Inst. Nac. Invest. Agrarias y Alimentarias, Madrid, Spain

Jorge H. Calvo

Affiliation ARAID, Zaragoza, Spain

M. Dolores Pérez-Guzmán

Affiliation CERSYRA, Valdepeñas, Spain

Magdalena M. Serrano

Affiliation Dpto. Mejora Genética animal. Inst. Nac. Invest. Agrarias y Alimentarias, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMS JSO. Performed the experiments: JSO CG NMS. Analyzed the data: MMS JSO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHC MDPG. Wrote the paper: JSO MMS.