About the Authors

Zekun Bao

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Xue Gao

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Qiang Zhang

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Jian Lin

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Weiwei Hu

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Huiqing Yu

Affiliation Shanghai Transgenic Research Center, 88 Cai-Lun Road, Shanghai, 201210, People’s Republic of China

Jianquan Chen

Affiliation Shanghai Transgenic Research Center, 88 Cai-Lun Road, Shanghai, 201210, People’s Republic of China

Qian Yang

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Qinghua Yu

yuqinghua1981@163.com

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZB XG QZ JL WH QHY. Performed the experiments: ZB XG QZ JL WH HQY JC. Analyzed the data: ZB XG QZ ZB XG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZB XG QZ HQY JC. Wrote the paper: ZB QHY. Substantially contributed to the concept and design of the work: QY QHY.