Fig. 1

Experimental procedure, growth curves. a Illustration of the experiment and sample processes performed in this study. Red asterisks indicate that groups were used for RNA-seq; green asterisks indicate that groups were used for qRT-PCR; the horizontal axis indicates the time of experiment. b–f Growth curve of body weight, total length, body length, body thickness and body height, respectively. Asterisks indicate significant differences between the control and test groups (* p < 0.05; Student’s t-test)