About the Authors

Zhaohui Wang

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Zhen-Chuan Fan

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Shana M. Williamson

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Hongmin Qin

hqin@bio.mail.tamu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HQ. Performed the experiments: ZW SMW HQ. Analyzed the data: ZW ZCF SMW HQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZW HQ. Wrote the paper: ZCF HQ.