About the Authors
- Yang Li
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yang Li, Olga Alda Álvarez
Affiliation Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands
- Olga Alda Álvarez
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yang Li, Olga Alda Álvarez
Affiliation Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Evert W Gutteling
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Affiliation Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Marcel Tijsterman
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Affiliation Hubrecht Laboratory, Netherlands Institute of Developmental Biology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Jingyuan Fu
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Affiliation Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands
- Joost A. G Riksen
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Affiliation Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Esther Hazendonk
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Affiliation Hubrecht Laboratory, Netherlands Institute of Developmental Biology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Pjotr Prins
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Affiliations Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands , Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Ronald H. A Plasterk
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Affiliation Hubrecht Laboratory, Netherlands Institute of Developmental Biology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Ritsert C Jansen
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: R.C.Jansen@rug.nl (RCJ), Jan.Kammenga@wur.nl (JEK)
Affiliation Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands
- Rainer Breitling
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Affiliation Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands
- Jan E Kammenga
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: R.C.Jansen@rug.nl (RCJ), Jan.Kammenga@wur.nl (JEK)
Affiliation Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
YL analyzed and interpreted data and wrote the manuscript. OAÁ performed the microarray experiment. EWG created RIL and genotyping. MT performed SNP mapping and RIL generation. JF performed the distant pair design and microarray normalization. JAGR contributed to the RIL generation and genotyping and performed the microarray experiment. EH performed SNP mapping and genotyping. PP helped with the microarray analysis. RHAP supervised with SNP mapping and RIL design. RB contributed to the statistical analysis and wrote the manuscript. RCJ and JEK initiated and supervised the study and revised the manuscript.