About the Authors

Cuiling Wu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations College of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China, Branch of Animal Husbandry, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Gongzhuling, China, Key Laboratory of Genetics Breeding and Reproduction of Xinjiang Wool Sheep & Cashmere-Goat, Institute of Animal Science, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Sciences, Urumqi, China

Chunxin Wang

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition

Affiliation Branch of Animal Husbandry, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Gongzhuling, China

Bo Zhai

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Branch of Animal Husbandry, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Gongzhuling, China

Yunhui Zhao

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Branch of Animal Husbandry, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Gongzhuling, China

Zhuo Zhao

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Branch of Animal Husbandry, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Gongzhuling, China

Zhiyu Yuan

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Branch of Animal Husbandry, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Gongzhuling, China

Xuefeng Fu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

fuxuefeng@xjaas.net (XF); zmxin@163.com (MZ)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Genetics Breeding and Reproduction of Xinjiang Wool Sheep & Cashmere-Goat, Institute of Animal Science, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Sciences, Urumqi, China

Mingxin Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

fuxuefeng@xjaas.net (XF); zmxin@163.com (MZ)

Affiliation Branch of Animal Husbandry, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Gongzhuling, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.