About the Authors
- Xiaolei Liu
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Affiliations Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China, Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Meng Huang
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Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Bin Fan
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Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Edward S. Buckler
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Affiliations Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)–Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Zhiwu Zhang
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* E-mail: Zhiwu.Zhang@WSU.edu
Affiliations Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ZZ BF ESB. Performed the experiments: XL. Analyzed the data: XL MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XL ZZ. Wrote the paper: ZZ XL. Supervised the design of the study: ZZ BF ESB.