About the Authors
- Lantao Gu
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Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science and Technology, HuaZhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, HuBei, China
- Chenghao Sun
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Affiliation Huadu Yukou Poultry Industry Co. Ltd, Beijing, China
- Yangzhang Gong
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Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science and Technology, HuaZhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, HuBei, China
- Mei Yu
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Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science and Technology, HuaZhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, HuBei, China
- Shijun Li
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* E-mail: lishijun@mail.hzau.edu.cn
Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science and Technology, HuaZhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, HuBei, China
Competing Interests
Author Chenghao Sun is affiliated with the commercial company Huadu Yukou Poultry Industry Co. Ltd. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: LG MY YG SL. Data curation: LG. Formal analysis: LG. Funding acquisition: SL. Investigation: LG. Methodology: LG SL. Project administration: SL. Resources: CS. Software: LG. Supervision: SL. Visualization: LG CS MY YG SL. Writing – original draft: LG. Writing – review & editing: LG.