Mengfei Li is currently in the second year of his master's degree program at the College of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University (YAU). His research field is ruminant nutrition and feed science, and he graduated from Yunnan Agricultural University (YAU), majoring in animal science.

Ying Lu is currently a first-year PhD student at the College of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University (YAU). Her research area is animal genetic breeding and reproduction, and she graduated from Yunnan Agricultural University (YAU) with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in animal science.

Zhendong Gao is currently in the second year of his PhD program at the College of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University (YAU). His research area is animal genetic breeding and reproduction, and he graduated from Hunan Agricultural University (HANU) with a master's degree in animal genetic breeding and reproduction.

Dan Yue is currently a first-year PhD student at the College of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, and is employed at the Yuxi College of Agricultural Technology in the field of animal genetic breeding and reproduction. He holds a master's degree from Yunnan Agricultural University in animal nutrition and feed science.

Jieyun Hong is currently working at the College of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, with the title of associate professor. Her research field is animal genetic breeding and reproduction, and she graduated from Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University as a PhD student.

Jiao Wu is currently working at the College of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, with the title of lecturer. Her research field is animal genetic breeding and reproduction, and she graduated from Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University as a PhD student.

Dongmei Xi is a professor at Yunnan Agricultural University. She completed her BS studies at Northwest A&F University in 1995 and her MS studies at Yunnan Agricultural University in 2001. She worked at Tongliao Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Inner Mongolia from December 1996 to August 1998 and worked in the Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University from 2001 to the present. Her research topics mainly include cattle breed and yak genetics.

Weidong Deng obtained his PhD in Animal Science from the Khon Kaen University of Thailand in 2007. Presently, Prof. Dr. Deng serves as the dean of the Faculty of Animal Science and Technology at Yunnan Agricultural University, China. His contributions to animal genetics have led to the publication of 30 research articles. He has been honored with the first prize in the Yunnan Provincial Natural Science Award and holds the esteemed role of executive director at the Livestock Ecology Branch of the Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine. Moreover, he served as the associate editor of Gene magazine from 2014 to 2015 and has successfully secured project funding exceeding USD 3 million. His primary research interests revolve around the large-scale evolution of mammals and the exploration, preservation, and utilization of genetic resources in livestock and poultry. Of significant note is his groundbreaking discovery of a unique sheep breed demonstrating characteristics similar to those of black-boned chickens, a phenomenon previously observed only among chicken species on a global scale (Deng WD, Yang SL, Huo YQ, Gou X, Shi XW, Mao HM. Physiological and genetic characteristics of black-boned sheep (Ovis aries). Anim Genet. 2006, 37(6):586-588. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2006.01530.x.).

Yuqing Chong is a lecturer at the Yunnan Agricultural University. He completed his BS studies in Animal Science at Shandong Agricultural University (2013) and his MS and PhD studies in Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction at Huazhong Agricultural University (2021). His research topics mainly include applying multiomics to analyze the evolution and characteristics of domestic and wild animals.