About the Authors

Ying Yu

Current address: College of Animal Sciences and Technology, China Agricultural University, Haidian, Beijing, China

Affiliation Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United State of America

Huanmin Zhang

Affiliation Agriculture Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory, East Lansing, Michigan, United State of America

Fei Tian

Affiliation Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United State of America

Wensheng Zhang

Affiliation Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United State of America

Hongbin Fang

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics of The University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United State of America

Jiuzhou Song

songj88@umd.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United State of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS. Performed the experiments: YY FT. Analyzed the data: YY WZ HF JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HZ. Wrote the paper: YY JS.