About the Authors

Jiajie Sun

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Bowen Zhang

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Xianyong Lan

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Chunlei Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

Chuzhao Lei

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Hong Chen

chenhong1212@263.net

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJS XYL CLZ CZL HC. Performed the experiments: JJS BWZ. Analyzed the data: JJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JJS.