About the Authors

Lucy Crooks

Current address: Department of Biosciences and Chemistry, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, Sheffield Diagnostic Genetics Service, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Yuanmei Guo

gyuanmei@hotmail.com

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YG. Performed the experiments: YG. Analyzed the data: LC YG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YG LC. Wrote the paper: LC YG.