Funding for this research was provided by:
Project of National Key Research and Development Program of China in 13th Five-year Plan (2016YFC0502601)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (41671041)
Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Southwest University of Science and Technology (17zx7146)
Article History
Received: 23 January 2019
Accepted: 13 May 2019
First Online: 30 May 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The Wumeng semi-fine wool sheep used in these studies were cared as per outlined in the Guide for the Care and Use of Animals in Agricultural Research and Teaching Consortium (Federation of Animals Science Societies, 2010). Sample collections in animals were approved by Southwest University of Science and Technology in China, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (Project A00556).