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Affiliations

• ¹ School of Life Sciences, Jiaying University, Meizhou 514015, China.
• ² State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China.
• ³ Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.
• ⁴ State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China.
• ⁵ State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China.
• ⁶ College of Animal Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
• ⁷ School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Phayao, Phayao 56000, Thailand.
• ⁸ College of Agriculture, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.
• ⁹ College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China.
• ¹⁰ School of Life Sciences, Jiaying University, Meizhou 514015, China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
• ¹¹ College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China.
• ¹² College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
• ¹³ Institute of Animal Science, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang 330200, China.
• ¹⁴ College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China.
• ¹⁵ State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS-SEABRI), Yezin 05282, Myanmar.
• ¹⁶ CAAS-ILRI Joint Laboratory on Livestock and Forage Genetic Resources, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China; International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
• ¹⁷ School of Life Sciences, Jiaying University, Meizhou 514015, China. Electronic address: zfs@jyu.edu.cn.
• ¹⁸ College of Animal Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China. Electronic address: xqzhang@scau.edu.cn.
• ¹⁹ State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China. Electronic address: zhangyp@mail.kiz.ac.cn.