About the Authors

Li Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Germplasm, Innovation of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Zhanzhao Zhao

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

Jihan Xia

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Germplasm, Innovation of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Leilei Xin

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Germplasm, Innovation of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Yaoxing Chen

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

Shulin Yang

yangshulin@caas.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Germplasm, Innovation of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Kui Li

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Germplasm, Innovation of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, Agricultural Genomes Institute at Shenzhen, CAAS, Shenzhen, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KL SLY. Performed the experiments: SLY YXC LL. Analyzed the data: LL ZZZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHX ZZZ JHX LLX. Wrote the paper: LL SLY JHX.