Acknowledgement
The work was supported by Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: China Agriculture Research System (CARS-38), Shandong Provincial Modern Agriculture Industry Technology System (SDAIT-10-02), Industrialization of good breeds in Shandong province (2019LZGC012-03) and Agricultural science and technology innovation project of Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CXGC2021A13).
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