Li, Fuyong
Hitch, Thomas C. A.
Chen, Yanhong
Creevey, Christopher J.
Guan, Le Luo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8420-4371
Funding for this research was provided by:
BBSRC (BB/E/W/10964A01 and BBS/OS/GC/000011B)
Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (2013R029R, 2015P008R)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Discovery)
Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures (Doctoral Scholarship)
GPLER (Scholarship)
Article History
Received: 5 April 2018
Accepted: 3 January 2019
First Online: 14 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The present study received research ethics approval from the Livestock Care Committee of the University of Alberta (no. AUP00000882), following the guideline of the Canadian Council on Animal Care [CitationRef removed].
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