Gao, Ning
Chen, Yilong
Liu, Xiaohong
Zhao, Yunxiang
Zhu, Lin
Liu, Ali
Jiang, Wei
Peng, Xing
Zhang, Conglin
Tang, Zhenshuang
Li, Xinyun
Chen, Yaosheng
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFD0501200)
Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Plan (2014B020202001)
the earmarked fund for Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System (CARS-35)
Article History
Received: 1 April 2019
Accepted: 9 October 2019
First Online: 30 October 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was carried out in accordance with the principles of the Basel Declaration and recommendations of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU). The protocol was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of SYSU.
: Not applicable.
: Authors Yunxiang Zhao, Lin Zhu, Wei Jiang, and Xing Peng were employed by Guangxi Xiubo genetics technology Co., LTD and declare the following conflicts of interest: Xiubo genetics technology Co., LTD. provided all phenotypic data, semen and ear tissue samples and payed for genotyping. The data analysis, results interpretation, and manuscript writing and publication were jointly supported by the funding bodies mentioned in the Funding section. Conglin Zhang was employed by Guangxi Yangxiang Agriculture and Husbandry Co., LTD. Conglin Zhang and all other authors declared no competing interests.