About the Authors

Zhe Zhang

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, United Kingdom

Jianfeng Liu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Xiangdong Ding

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Piter Bijma

Affiliation Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Dirk-Jan de Koning

qzhang@cau.edu.cn (QZ); dj.dekoning@roslin.ed.ac.uk (DJdK)

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, United Kingdom

Qin Zhang

qzhang@cau.edu.cn (QZ); dj.dekoning@roslin.ed.ac.uk (DJdK)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZZ JL XD DJdK QZ. Performed the experiments: ZZ JL XD. Analyzed the data: ZZ JL PB DJdK QZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZZ PB DJdK QZ. Wrote the paper: ZZ PB DJdK QZ.