About the Authors

Runsheng Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology & Biochemistry, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Qinwei Sun

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology & Biochemistry, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Yimin Jia

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology & Biochemistry, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Rihua Cong

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology & Biochemistry, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Yingdong Ni

zhao.ruqian@gmail.com (RZ); niyingdong@njau.edu.cn (YN)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology & Biochemistry, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Xiaojing Yang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology & Biochemistry, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Zhihua Jiang

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

Ruqian Zhao

zhao.ruqian@gmail.com (RZ); niyingdong@njau.edu.cn (YN)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology & Biochemistry, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RZ. Performed the experiments: RL QS YJ RC. Analyzed the data: RL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YN XY. Wrote the paper: RL RZ. Revised the paper: ZJ RZ.