About the Authors

Ching-Chien Chang

Contributed equally to this work with: Ching-Chien Chang, Wei-Fang Chang

Affiliation Reproductive Biology Associates, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Wei-Fang Chang

Contributed equally to this work with: Ching-Chien Chang, Wei-Fang Chang

Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Jie Xu

Affiliation Center for Advanced Models for Translational Sciences and Therapeutics, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

An-Sheng Cheng

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Plant Development, Yupintang Traditional Chinese Medicine Foundation, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Chia-Chun Chang

Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Zsolt Peter Nagy

Affiliation Reproductive Biology Associates, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Cho-Chen Yang

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, National Chiayi University, Chiayi City, Taiwan

Shih-Torng Ding

Affiliations Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Li-Ying Sung

liyingsung@ntu.edu.tw

Affiliations Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Animal Resource Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Ching-CC JX LYS. Performed the experiments: WFC LYS Chia-CC. Analyzed the data: WFC Ching-CC ZPN CCY STD LYS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LYS ASC. Wrote the paper: Ching-CC JX LYS.