About the Authors
- Xueqi Qu
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Affiliation Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Allee 15, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Maren Pröll
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Affiliation Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Allee 15, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Christiane Neuhoff
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Affiliation Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Allee 15, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Rui Zhang
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Affiliation Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Allee 15, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Mehmet Ulas Cinar
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Affiliations Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Allee 15, 53115 Bonn, Germany, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey
- Md. Munir Hossain
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Affiliations Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Allee 15, 53115 Bonn, Germany, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
- Dawit Tesfaye
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Affiliation Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Allee 15, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Christine Große-Brinkhaus
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Affiliation Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Allee 15, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Dessie Salilew-Wondim
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Affiliation Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Allee 15, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Ernst Tholen
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Affiliation Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Allee 15, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Christian Looft
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Affiliation Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Allee 15, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Michael Hölker
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Affiliation Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Allee 15, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Karl Schellander
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Affiliation Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Allee 15, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Muhammad Jasim Uddin
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* E-mail: judd@itw.uni-bonn.de
Affiliation Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Allee 15, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: XQ KS MUC MJU. Performed the experiments: XQ MP RZ. Analyzed the data: XQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DT. Wrote the paper: XQ MJU. Revised manuscript: XQ KS MMH CL DSW MJU. Supervised the overall work: MUC MJU. Contributed to sampling: CN MH. Contributed to primers: RZ. Statistical analysis: ET CG-B.