About the Authors

David Wragg

Contributed equally to this work with: David Wragg, Joram M. Mwacharo

Affiliation Centre for Genetics and Genomics, School of Biology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Joram M. Mwacharo

Contributed equally to this work with: David Wragg, Joram M. Mwacharo

Affiliation Centre for Genetics and Genomics, School of Biology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom

José A. Alcalde

Affiliation Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Facultad de Agronomia e Ingenieria Forestal, Santiago, Chile

Chen Wang

Affiliation CAAS-ILRI Joint Laboratory on Livestock and Forage Genetic Resources, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China

Jian-Lin Han

Affiliations CAAS-ILRI Joint Laboratory on Livestock and Forage Genetic Resources, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya

Jaime Gongora

Affiliation The University of Sydney, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

David Gourichon

Affiliation Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UE1295 Poultry Experimental Platform of Tours, Nouzilly, France

Michèle Tixier-Boichard

Affiliation Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, UMR1313 Animal Genetics and Integrative Biology, Jouy-en-Josas, France

Olivier Hanotte

olivier.hanotte@nottingham.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Genetics and Genomics, School of Biology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DW JMM JAA CW JLH DG MTB OH. Performed the experiments: DW JMM CW DG JG MTB. Analyzed the data: DW JMM JLH OH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DW JMM JAA CW JLH JG DG MTB OH. Wrote the paper: DW JMM OH.