About the Authors

Hao Bai

Contributed equally to this work with: Hao Bai, Jing Zhu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Genetics Resources and Utilization of Livestock, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Jing Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Hao Bai, Jing Zhu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Genetics Resources and Utilization of Livestock, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Yanyan Sun

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Genetics Resources and Utilization of Livestock, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Ranran Liu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Genetics Resources and Utilization of Livestock, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Nian Liu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Genetics Resources and Utilization of Livestock, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Dongli Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Genetics Resources and Utilization of Livestock, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Jie Wen

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Genetics Resources and Utilization of Livestock, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Jilan Chen

chen.jilan@163.com

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Genetics Resources and Utilization of Livestock, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC JZ HB. Performed the experiments: JZ HB NL. Analyzed the data: JZ YS RL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RL DL JW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HB YS JZ.