About the Authors

Yong Zhao

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction in the Plateau Mountainous Region, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, West Campus, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China, Institute of Xiang Pigs, Guizhou University, West Campus, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China

Chunyuan Wang

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction in the Plateau Mountainous Region, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, West Campus, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China, Institute of Xiang Pigs, Guizhou University, West Campus, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China

Yan Wu

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction in the Plateau Mountainous Region, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, West Campus, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China, Institute of Xiang Pigs, Guizhou University, West Campus, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China

Jin Xiang

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction in the Plateau Mountainous Region, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, West Campus, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China, Institute of Xiang Pigs, Guizhou University, West Campus, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China

Yiyu Zhang

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

yyzhang1@gzu.edu.cn

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction in the Plateau Mountainous Region, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, West Campus, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China, Institute of Xiang Pigs, Guizhou University, West Campus, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.