About the Authors

Yan Huang

Affiliations Developmental Biology Group, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Arun Kr Das

Affiliations Developmental Biology Group, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Qi-Yuan Yang

Affiliations Developmental Biology Group, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Mei-Jun Zhu

Affiliations Developmental Biology Group, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America, School of Food Science, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Min Du

min.du@wsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YH MD. Performed the experiments: YH QY AD. Analyzed the data: YH MZ MD. Wrote the paper: YH MD.