About the Authors

Chenxi Liu

Affiliations Xinjiang Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Grass Feeding Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China

Liqin Wang

Affiliations Xinjiang Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Grass Feeding Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Animal Biotechnology Research Center, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China

Wenrong Li

Affiliations Xinjiang Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Grass Feeding Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Animal Biotechnology Research Center, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China

Xuemei Zhang

Affiliations Xinjiang Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Grass Feeding Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Animal Biotechnology Research Center, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China

Yongzhi Tian

Affiliations Xinjiang Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Grass Feeding Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Animal Biotechnology Research Center, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China

Ning Zhang

Affiliations Xinjiang Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Grass Feeding Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Animal Biotechnology Research Center, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China

Sangang He

Affiliations Xinjiang Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Grass Feeding Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Animal Biotechnology Research Center, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China

Tong Chen

Affiliations Xinjiang Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Grass Feeding Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Animal Biotechnology Research Center, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China

Juncheng Huang

Affiliations Xinjiang Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Grass Feeding Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Animal Biotechnology Research Center, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China

Mingjun Liu

mingjun_1@sina.com

Affiliations Xinjiang Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Grass Feeding Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Animal Biotechnology Research Center, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ML CL JH WL. Performed the experiments: CL LW TC YT. Analyzed the data: CL NZ SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XZ. Wrote the paper: ML CL WL.