About the Authors

Lu Wan

Affiliation Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, Sichuan, China

Jisi Ma

Affiliation Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, Sichuan, China

Nianlu Wang

Affiliation Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, Sichuan, China

Daihua Wang

Affiliation Mianyang Agriculture Bureau, Mianyang, Sichuan, China

Gangyi Xu

goatsxgy@263.net

Affiliation Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, Sichuan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GX LW. Performed the experiments: LW JM NW. Analyzed the data: LW JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GX. Wrote the paper: LW DW GX.