About the Authors
- Wei Ni
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Affiliations College of Life Sciences, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, China, Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America
- Jun Qiao
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Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, China
- Shengwei Hu
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* E-mail: shengwei.hu@aggiemail.usu.edu (SH); irina.polejaeva@usu.edu (IP); chencf1962@yahoo.com (CC)
Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America
- Xinxia Zhao
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Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, China
- Misha Regouski
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Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America
- Min Yang
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Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America
- Irina A. Polejaeva
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* E-mail: shengwei.hu@aggiemail.usu.edu (SH); irina.polejaeva@usu.edu (IP); chencf1962@yahoo.com (CC)
Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America
- Chuangfu Chen
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* E-mail: shengwei.hu@aggiemail.usu.edu (SH); irina.polejaeva@usu.edu (IP); chencf1962@yahoo.com (CC)
Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SH IP CC. Performed the experiments: WN SH JQ XZ MY MR. Analyzed the data: SH WN IP CC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH MR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SH WN IP CC.