About the Authors

Takehiko Ogura

Affiliation Department of Applied Life Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Anjiang Tan

Affiliation Invertebrate Gene Function Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Takuya Tsubota

Affiliation Invertebrate Gene Function Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Takayo Nakakura

Affiliation Invertebrate Gene Function Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Takahiro Shiotsuki

shiotsuk@affrc.go.jp

Affiliation Invertebrate Gene Function Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TO AT TT TS. Performed the experiments: TO AT TT TN. Analyzed the data: TO AT TT TS. Wrote the paper: TO TS.