About the Authors
- Hongmei Sun
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Affiliations Institute of Special Wild Economic Animals and Plants, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, P. R. China, State Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals, Jilin, P. R. China
- Fuhe Yang
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Affiliations Institute of Special Wild Economic Animals and Plants, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, P. R. China, State Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals, Jilin, P. R. China
- Wenhui Chu
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Affiliations Institute of Special Wild Economic Animals and Plants, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, P. R. China, State Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals, Jilin, P. R. China
- Haiping Zhao
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Affiliations Institute of Special Wild Economic Animals and Plants, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, P. R. China, State Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals, Jilin, P. R. China
- Chris McMahon
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Affiliation AgResearch, Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, New Zealand
- Chunyi Li
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* E-mail: chunyi.li@agresearch.co.nz
Affiliations AgResearch, Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, New Zealand, State Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals, Jilin, P. R. China
Competing Interests
Chunyi Li and Chris McMahon are employees of AgResearch New Zealand Ltd; Hongmei Sun, Fuhe Yang, Wenhui Chu and Haiping Zhao are employees of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. These authors receive a salary as employees, but have not benefited from this research in any other way.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CL HS FY. Performed the experiments: HS WC HZ CL. Analyzed the data: HS CL CM. Wrote the paper: CL HS FY CM.