About the Authors

Hui Peng

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Embryo Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Bohao Chang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Embryo Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Chenglong Lu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Embryo Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Jianmin Su

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Embryo Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Yongyan Wu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Embryo Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Pin Lv

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Embryo Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Yongsheng Wang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Embryo Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Jun Liu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Embryo Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Bowei Zhang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Embryo Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Fusheng Quan

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Embryo Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Zekun Guo

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Yong Zhang

zhangylab@gmail

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Embryo Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HP YZ. Performed the experiments: HP BHC CLL JMS YYW PL YSW JL FSQ ZKG. Analyzed the data: HP BHC YZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HP BHC. Wrote the paper: HP YZ. Editorial assistance: BW Z.