About the Authors

Dawei Yu

Affiliations Embryo Biotechnology and Reproduction Laboratory, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, State Key Laboratories of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Shoufeng Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Military Veterinary, Academy of Military Medical Science, Changchun, China

Weihua Du

dwh@iascaas.net.cn

Affiliation Embryo Biotechnology and Reproduction Laboratory, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Jinxia Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Military Veterinary, Academy of Military Medical Science, Changchun, China

Zongxing Fan

Affiliation Embryo Biotechnology and Reproduction Laboratory, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Haisheng Hao

Affiliation Embryo Biotechnology and Reproduction Laboratory, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Yan Liu

Affiliation Embryo Biotechnology and Reproduction Laboratory, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Xueming Zhao

Affiliation Embryo Biotechnology and Reproduction Laboratory, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Tong Qin

Affiliation Embryo Biotechnology and Reproduction Laboratory, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Huabin Zhu

Affiliation Embryo Biotechnology and Reproduction Laboratory, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WHD. Performed the experiments: DWY SFZ JXZ HSH ZXF. Analyzed the data: XMZ YL TQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HBZ. Wrote the paper: DWY WHD.