Shi-Ya Xie1,2,3,4,11, Shu-Ping Zhang1,2,3,4,11, Cong-Rong Li1,2,3,4,11, Yan Liu1,3,4,11, Xian-Zhe Gu5,11, Yan-Jie Yang1,3,4, Zhi-Xia Yang1,3,4, Qian Wang6, Hong-Jie Yao7, Yun-Xia Cao1,3,4, Zhao-Lian Wei1,3,4, Enrica Bianchi8, Ping Zhou1,3,4*, Cui-Lian Zhang6*, Xiang-Shun Cui9*, Feng-Song Wang10* and Dong Zhang1,2,3,4*
1Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
2State Key Lab of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
3NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract (Anhui Medical University), Hefei, Anhui, China.
4Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle (Anhui Medical University), Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.
5Hefei Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, China.
6Reproductive Medical Center, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
7Guangzhou National Laboratory, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
8Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome tor vergata, Rome, Italy.
9Department of Animal Science, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea.
10College of Life Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
11These authors contributed equally: Shi-Ya Xie, Shu-Ping Zhang, Cong-Rong Li, Yan Liu, Xian-Zhe Gu.
*Corresponding authors
Correspondence to Ping Zhou, Cui-Lian Zhang, Xiang-Shun Cui, Feng-Song Wang or Dong Zhang.