About the Authors

Jun Ren

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China

Yanyu Duan

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China

Ruimin Qiao

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China

Fei Yao

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China

Zhiyan Zhang

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China

Bin Yang

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China

Yuanmei Guo

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China

Shijun Xiao

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China

Rongxin Wei

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China

Zixuan Ouyang

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China

Nengshui Ding

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China

Huashui Ai

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China

Lusheng Huang

Lushenghuang@hotmail.com

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China

Competing Interests

The Jiangxi Agricultural University has applied for a patent covering the use of markers for the PPARD mutation for marker-assisted selective breeding in pigs. LH, JR, YD, RQ, and FY are listed as inventors in this application.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LH JR. Performed the experiments: YD RQ FY RW. Analyzed the data: JR ZZ BY LH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YD YG SX ND ZO HA. Wrote the paper: JR LH.