About the Authors

Kailai Cai

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Guohua Hua

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Sibtain Ahmad

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China, Department of Livestock Management, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Aaixin Liang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Li Han

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Canjie Wu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Feifei Yang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Liguo Yang

yangliguo2006@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LY GH KC. Performed the experiments: KC. Analyzed the data: CW KC. Wrote the paper: KC. Revised the paper: SA AL LH FY.