About the Authors
- Tamás Somfai
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* E-mail: somfai@affrc.go.jp
Affiliation Animal Breeding and Reproduction Research Division, NARO Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Koji Yoshioka
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Affiliation Pathology and Pathophysiology Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Fuminori Tanihara
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Affiliations Animal Development and Differentiation Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Hiroyuki Kaneko
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Affiliation Animal Development and Differentiation Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Junko Noguchi
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Affiliation Animal Development and Differentiation Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Naomi Kashiwazaki
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Affiliation Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
- Takashi Nagai
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Affiliation Food and Fertilizer Technology Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Kazuhiro Kikuchi
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Affiliations Animal Development and Differentiation Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TS KY KK. Performed the experiments: TS KY FT HK JN NK. Analyzed the data: TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS KY FT. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: TS KY TN KK.