Wang, Xiaoqi
Tian, Dehong
Han, Buying
Zhao, Kai
Hao, Wenjing
Du, Kai
Li, Xue
Duan, Ziyuan
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Breeding Joint Research Project
the "Kunlun Talent" Project of Qinghai Province
National Key Research and Development Program of China (2024YFF0728800)
the Natural Science Foundation of Qinghai Province (2024-ZJ-949)
the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA26040305)
Article History
Received: 17 April 2025
Accepted: 12 January 2026
First Online: 28 January 2026
Declarations
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: We have obtained informed consent from the sheep owners for this research. Animal experiments were performed in accordance with animal welfare and ethics, and approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (approval no. NWIPB2023015).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.