About the Authors

Chen Xue

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Reproductive Regulation in Gansu Province, Lanzhou, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Zhenxing Yan

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Reproductive Regulation in Gansu Province, Lanzhou, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Wenjing Cheng

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Reproductive Regulation in Gansu Province, Lanzhou, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Dong Zhang

Roles Formal analysis, Software

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Reproductive Regulation in Gansu Province, Lanzhou, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Rong Zhang

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Reproductive Regulation in Gansu Province, Lanzhou, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Hongwei Duan

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Reproductive Regulation in Gansu Province, Lanzhou, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Lihong Zhang

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Reproductive Regulation in Gansu Province, Lanzhou, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Xiaofei Ma

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Reproductive Regulation in Gansu Province, Lanzhou, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Junjie Hu

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

hujj@gsau.edu.cn (JH); kj89260541@163.com (JK); maxj712@163.com (XM)

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Reproductive Regulation in Gansu Province, Lanzhou, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Jian Kang

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

hujj@gsau.edu.cn (JH); kj89260541@163.com (JK); maxj712@163.com (XM)

Affiliation School of Animal Science and technology, Guangdong polytechnic of science and trade, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Xiaojun Ma

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

hujj@gsau.edu.cn (JH); kj89260541@163.com (JK); maxj712@163.com (XM)

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Reproductive Regulation in Gansu Province, Lanzhou, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.