Hou, Yali http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7421-2431
Qi, Furong
Bai, Xue
Ren, Tong
Shen, Xu
Chu, Qin
Zhang, Xiquan
Lu, Xuemei
Funding for this research was provided by:
Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB13040300)
National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFC0910402)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (31301963)
the China Agriculture Research System (CARS-41-G03)
Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2015081)
Article History
Received: 25 May 2019
Accepted: 24 February 2020
First Online: 4 March 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Animal Experimental ethics board in Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Science, in South China Agricultural University, and in Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences. The informed consents were written. Additionally, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chinese game chicken breeding farm in Shandong province, and Beijing Huadu Yukou poultry industry Co., Ltd. provided informed consents for donation of part of chicken samples for the purpose of scientific research.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.