About the Authors

Xiao-Xin Dai

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Xing Duan

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Xiang-Shun Cui

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 361–763, Korea

Nam-Hyung Kim

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 361–763, Korea

Bo Xiong

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Shao-Chen Sun

sunsc@njau.edu.cn

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XXD SCS. Performed the experiments: XXD XD. Analyzed the data: XSC NHK BX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XSC NHK. Wrote the paper: XXD SCS BX.