About the Authors

Delin Qi

delinqi@126.com (DLQ); xqzhao@nwipb.ac.cn (XQZ)

Affiliation Animal Science Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai, China

Yan Chao

Affiliation Animal Science Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai, China

Songchang Guo

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Biological Evolution and Adaptation, Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, Qinghai, China

Lanying Zhao

Affiliation Animal Science Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai, China

Taiping Li

Affiliation Animal Science Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai, China

Fulei Wei

Affiliation Animal Science Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai, China

Xinquan Zhao

delinqi@126.com (DLQ); xqzhao@nwipb.ac.cn (XQZ)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Biological Evolution and Adaptation, Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, Qinghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DLQ XQZ. Performed the experiments: DLQ YC LYZ FLW. Analyzed the data: DLQ SCG XQZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DLQ YC LYZ TPL XQZ. Wrote the paper: DLQ XQZ.