About the Authors

Hui Li

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

Huiling Zheng

zhenghuiling@nwsuaf.edu.cn

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

Lihui Li

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

Xingai Shen

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

Wenjuan Zang

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

Yongsen Sun

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ. Performed the experiments: HL LL XS WZ. Analyzed the data: HL LL XS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HZ XS HL LL YS. Wrote the paper: HL LL YS HZ.