About the Authors

Yuguo Hou

Affiliation Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China

Yilin Wang

Affiliation Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China

Yan Wang

Affiliation Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China

Tao Zhong

Affiliation Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China

Li Li

Affiliation Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China

Hongping Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China

Linjie Wang

wanglinjie@sicau.edu.cn

Affiliation Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LW HZ. Performed the experiments: YH Yan Wang. Analyzed the data: Yilin Wang LL TZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: YH LW.