Ethical Approval
All animal surgeries were performed in compliance with the ARRIVE guidelines. All animals care, and sample collection procedures were carried out in strict accordance with the protocol approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Institutional Ethic Committee of Northwest A&F University (No. NWAFU-20220108).
Consent for publication
Not applicable.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Fundings
This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2021YFF1000602) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (32372845).
Data Availability
The raw data that supports the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge all the teachers and students in Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province.
Corresponding Author
Xin’e Shi − Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling Shanxi 712100, China; Email: [email protected];
Authors
Lingling Wu − Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, Laboratory of Animal Fat Deposition & Muscle Development, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling Shanxi 712100, China;
Zhaolu Wang − Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, Laboratory of Animal Fat Deposition & Muscle Development, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling Shanxi 712100, China;
Xiaohui Sun − Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, Laboratory of Animal Fat Deposition & Muscle Development, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling Shanxi 712100, China;
Jinjin Yang − Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, Laboratory of Animal Fat Deposition & Muscle Development, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling Shanxi 712100, China;
Jianjun Jin − Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, Laboratory of Animal Fat Deposition & Muscle Development, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling Shanxi 712100, China;
Gongshe Yang − Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, Laboratory of Animal Fat Deposition & Muscle Development, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling Shanxi 712100, China;
Authors' contributions
Xin’e Shi conceived and designed the experiment. Lingling Wu, Zhaolu Wang, Xiaohui Sun and Jinjin Yang collected samples and performed the experiments. Lingling Wu performed data analysis. Lingling Wu and Zhaolu Wang drafted this manuscript. Jianjun Jin and Gongshe Yang revised this manuscript. Lingling Wu and Zhaolu Wang contributed to the work equally and should be regarded as co-first authors All authors read and approved the final manuscript.