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1. Jiajia Guo and Suyu Shi are co-first authors.

Authors and Affiliations

1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China

   Jiajia Guo

2. Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education and Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China

   Suyu Shi, Shengsong Xie & Dagang Tao

3. Key Laboratory of Digital Intelligent Breeding Technological Innovation for Swine and Poultry, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, New Hope Liuhe Co., Ltd. , Chengdu, 610023, China

   Lu Jing

4. Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 201106, China

   Cui Wang

Contributions

JG carried out the experiments and analyzed the data, SS wrote and prepared the original draft, JG and SS prepared the main body of this manuscript. SX and LJ provided technical guidance during the experimental process. DT and CW designed the experiments and revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Correspondence to Cui Wang or Dagang Tao.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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