About the Authors

Yun Hu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology & Biochemistry, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China

Qinwei Sun

sqw@njau.edu.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology & Biochemistry, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China

Xiaoliang Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology & Biochemistry, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China

Min Wang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology & Biochemistry, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China

Demin Cai

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology & Biochemistry, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China

Xi Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology & Biochemistry, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China

Ruqian Zhao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology & Biochemistry, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RZ QS. Performed the experiments: YH QS Xiaoliang Li MW. Analyzed the data: YH QS DC Xi Li. Wrote the paper: YH QS RZ. Read and approved the final manuscript: RZ QS YH Xiaoliang Li MW DC Xi Li.