About the Authors

Jing-Shan Tong

Affiliations College of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Qing-Hua Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Zhen-Bo Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Sen Li

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Cai-Rong Yang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Xue-Qi Fu

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China

Yi Hou

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Zhao-Yi Wang

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University Medical School, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Jun Sheng

shengj63@126.com (JS); sunqy@ioz.ac.cn (Q-YS)

Affiliations College of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China

Qing-Yuan Sun

shengj63@126.com (JS); sunqy@ioz.ac.cn (Q-YS)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Z-YW JS Q-YS J-ST. Performed the experiments: J-ST Q-HZ Z-BW SL C-RY. Analyzed the data: J-ST X-QF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Z-YW YH. Wrote the paper: J-ST Z-YW Q-YS.