title: Response to commentary on "Examples of overlooking common sense solutions: the domestication gene and selection against mortality".
authors.affiliation: Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University Wageningen, Netherlands.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bijma
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University West Lafayette, IN, USA.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Muir
authors.affiliation: Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University Wageningen, Netherlands.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Ellen
keywords: animal welfare; breeding; cannibalism; indirect genetic effects; laying hens; quantitative genetics