About the Authors

Zhongyi Duan

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhongyi Duan, Sirui Chen

Affiliation National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding and MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Sirui Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhongyi Duan, Sirui Chen

Affiliation National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding and MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Congjiao Sun

Affiliation National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding and MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Fengying Shi

Affiliation Beijing Huadu Yukou Poultry Industry Co., Ltd., Beijing, China

Guiqin Wu

Affiliation Beijing Huadu Yukou Poultry Industry Co., Ltd., Beijing, China

Aiqiao Liu

Affiliation Beijing Huadu Yukou Poultry Industry Co., Ltd., Beijing, China

Guiyun Xu

Affiliation National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding and MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Ning Yang

nyang@cau.edu.cn

Affiliation National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding and MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: co-authors Fengying Shi, Guiqin Wu and Aiqiao Liu are employed by Beijing Huadu Yukou Poultry Industry Co., Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NY. Performed the experiments: ZD SC CS. Analyzed the data: ZD SC CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FS GW AL GX. Wrote the paper: ZD SC.