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- Huitong Zhou1,2,*,†,
- Tina Visnovska3,†,
- Hua Gong1,2,
- Sebastian Schmeier3,
- Jon Hickford1,2 and
- Austen R.D. Ganley4,*
- 1State Key Laboratory of Sheep Genetic Improvement and Heathy Production, Shihezi 832000, China
- 2Faculty of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand
- 3Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University Auckland, Auckland 0632, New Zealand
- 4School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
- ↵*To whom correspondence should be addressed: Austen Ganley
: School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, 3A Symonds St, Building 110N, Auckland 1142, New Zealand; +64 9 923 2906; a.ganley{at}auckland.ac.nz Huitong Zhou
: Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Cnr Springs Road & Ellesmere Junction Road, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand; +64 3 423 0684; zhouh{at}lincoln.ac.nz
Author contributions: ARDG and HZ conceived of the study. HZ, HG, and JH collected the data. TV, HZ, and ARDG performed analyses. HZ, TV, HG, SS, JH, and ARDG interpreted the data and wrote the manuscript.