About the Authors
- Yoichiro Hoshino
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Affiliations Gifu Prefectural Livestock Research Institute, Takayama, Gifu, Japan, Wakayama Industry Promotion Foundation, Wakayama, Japan
- Noboru Hayashi
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Affiliations Gifu Prefectural Livestock Research Institute, Takayama, Gifu, Japan, Department of Genetic Engineering, Kinki University, Kinokawa Wakayama, Japan, Wakayama Industry Promotion Foundation, Wakayama, Japan
- Shunji Taniguchi
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Affiliations Department of Genetic Engineering, Kinki University, Kinokawa Wakayama, Japan, Wakayama Industry Promotion Foundation, Wakayama, Japan
- Naohiko Kobayashi
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Affiliations Gifu Prefectural Livestock Research Institute, Takayama, Gifu, Japan, Department of Genetic Engineering, Kinki University, Kinokawa Wakayama, Japan, Wakayama Industry Promotion Foundation, Wakayama, Japan
- Kenji Sakai
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Affiliations Gifu Prefectural Livestock Research Institute, Takayama, Gifu, Japan, Department of Genetic Engineering, Kinki University, Kinokawa Wakayama, Japan
- Tsuyoshi Otani
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Affiliations Gifu Prefectural Livestock Research Institute, Takayama, Gifu, Japan, Department of Genetic Engineering, Kinki University, Kinokawa Wakayama, Japan
- Akira Iritani
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Affiliations Department of Genetic Engineering, Kinki University, Kinokawa Wakayama, Japan, Wakayama Industry Promotion Foundation, Wakayama, Japan
- Kazuhiro Saeki
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* E-mail: saeki@waka.kindai.ac.jp
Affiliations Department of Genetic Engineering, Kinki University, Kinokawa Wakayama, Japan, Wakayama Industry Promotion Foundation, Wakayama, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YH KS TO AI KS. Performed the experiments: YH NH ST NK KS. Wrote the paper: YH KS.