About the Authors

Ivar Østby

Contributed equally to this work with: Ivar Østby, Leiv Øyehaug

Affiliations Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Leiv Øyehaug

Contributed equally to this work with: Ivar Østby, Leiv Øyehaug

Affiliations Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Gaute T. Einevoll

Affiliations Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Erlend A. Nagelhus

Affiliations Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway, Nordic Centre for Water Imbalance Related Disorders, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway

Erik Plahte

Affiliations Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Thomas Zeuthen

Affiliations Nordic Centre for Water Imbalance Related Disorders, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Catherine M. Lloyd

Affiliation Auckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Ole P. Ottersen

Affiliations Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway, Nordic Centre for Water Imbalance Related Disorders, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway

Stig W. Omholt

stig.omholt@umb.no

Affiliations Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway, Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IØ LØ GTE EAN EP TZ OPO SWO. Performed the experiments: IØ LØ. Analyzed the data: IØ LØ GTE SWO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CML. Wrote the paper: IØ LØ SWO.