Erratum to: Mamm Genome DOI 10.1007/s00335-017-9678-7

In the initial publication of the above-mentioned article, the first author’s name was displayed as ‘Talenti Andrea’ instead of ‘Andrea Talenti’. The correct list of authors is published with this erratum. Also, the original publication has been updated. Citation of the article should read Talenti A et al. (2017) and not Andrea T et al. (2017).