About the Authors

Beilei Xu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Jing Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Min Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Ping Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Zhiguo Wei

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Henan, P. R. China

Yi Sun

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Qiqing Tao

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Liming Ren

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Xiaoxiang Hu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Ying Guo

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Jing Fei

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Lei Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Ning Li

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Yaofeng Zhao

yaofengzhao@cau.edu.cn

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China, Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction and Germplasm Enhancement in Universities of Shandong, College of Animal Science and Technology, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BX YZ. Performed the experiments: BX. Analyzed the data: BX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW MZ PW ZW YS QT LR XH YG JF LZ NL. Wrote the paper: BX YZ.