About the Authors

Yiyuan Yan

Affiliation Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Guoqiang Yi

Affiliation Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Congjiao Sun

Affiliation Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Lujiang Qu

Affiliation Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Ning Yang

nyang@cau.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NY. Performed the experiments: YY. Analyzed the data: YY GY. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: YY. Read and approved of the final manuscript: YY GY CS LQ NY.