About the Authors
- Zhongyi Duan
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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
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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
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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
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Affiliation Beijing Huadu Yukou Poultry Industry Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
- Guiqin Wu
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Affiliation Beijing Huadu Yukou Poultry Industry Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
- Aiqiao Liu
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Affiliation Beijing Huadu Yukou Poultry Industry Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
- Guiyun Xu
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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
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* E-mail: 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.