1. Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science; Kobe University; Kobe Japan
2. Faculty of Agriculture; Kagoshima University; Kagoshima Japan
3. Institute for Animal Science; Shitara Aichi Japan
4. Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science; Okayama University; Okayama Japan
5. Wagyu Registry Association; Kyoto Japan
6. Yamaguchi Prefectural Agriculture & Forestry General Technology Center; Yamaguchi Japan