About the Authors

Ting-Hua Huang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Laboratory of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Meng-Jin Zhu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Laboratory of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Xin-Yun Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Laboratory of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Shu-Hong Zhao

shzhao@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Laboratory of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: THH MJZ XYL SHZ. Performed the experiments: THH. Analyzed the data: THH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: THH. Wrote the paper: THH SHZ.