About the Authors

Zhipeng Li

Affiliation Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals, Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, China

André-Denis G. Wright

Affiliation School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Hanlu Liu

Affiliation Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals, Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, China

Zhongyuan Fan

Affiliation Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals, Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, China

Fuhe Yang

Affiliation Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals, Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, China

Zhigang Zhang

zhangzhigang@mail.kiz.ac.cn (ZZ); tcslgy@126.com (GL)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Guangyu Li

zhangzhigang@mail.kiz.ac.cn (ZZ); tcslgy@126.com (GL)

Affiliation Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals, Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GL HL FY. Performed the experiments: ZL ZF. Analyzed the data: ZL ZZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZZ. Wrote the paper: ZL ADGW.