About the Authors
- Lifan Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Michelle R. Mousel
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Affiliation USDA/ARS US Sheep Experiment Station, Dubois, Idaho, United States of America
- Xiaolin Wu
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Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Jennifer J. Michal
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Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Xiang Zhou
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Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Bo Ding
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Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Michael V. Dodson
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Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Nermin K. El-Halawany
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Affiliation Cell Biology Department, Division of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Research Center, Dokki, Gueza, Egypt
- Gregory S. Lewis
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Affiliation USDA/ARS US Sheep Experiment Station, Dubois, Idaho, United States of America
- Zhihua Jiang
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* E-mail: jiangz@wsu.edu
Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ZJ MRM GSL. Performed the experiments: JJM MRM. Analyzed the data: LFZ XLW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MRM GSL JJM XZ BD MVD NKE. Wrote the paper: LFZ ZJ MRM GSL.