About the Authors

Quanzhen Wang

wangquanzhen191@163.com

Affiliation Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of China

Guo Chen

Affiliation Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of China

Hayixia Yersaiyiti

Affiliation Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of China

Yuan Liu

Affiliation Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of China

Jian Cui

Affiliation Department of Plant Science, College of Life Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of China

Chunhui Wu

Affiliation Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of China

Yunwei Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Xueqing He

Affiliations Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of China, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QW GC JC. Performed the experiments: GC YL HY. Analyzed the data: QW GC CW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ XH. Wrote the paper: GC QW.