About the Authors

Xiang-Peng Yue

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiang-Peng Yue, Ran Li

Affiliation Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Ran Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiang-Peng Yue, Ran Li

Affiliation Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Wen-Mei Xie

Affiliation Department of Basic Medicine, Pingliang Medical College, Pingliang, Gansu, China

Ping Xu

Affiliation Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Ti-Cheng Chang

Affiliation Department of Dairy and Animal Science, The Center for Reproductive Biology and Health, College of Agricultural Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Li Liu

Affiliation Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Feng Cheng

Affiliation Animal Science Department, Xinyang Agricultural College, Xinyang, Henan, China

Run-Feng Zhang

Affiliation College of Life Science, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, Hubei, China

Xian-Yong Lan

Affiliation Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Hong Chen

Affiliation Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Chu-Zhao Lei

leichuzhao1118@126.com

Affiliation Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: X-PY W-MX C-ZL. Performed the experiments: X-PY RL PX. Analyzed the data: X-PY T-CC W-MX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FC R-FZ X-YL HC. Wrote the paper: C-ZL X-PY W-MX T-CC LL.