About the Authors
- Daniel E. Sonenshine
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* E-mail: dsonensh@odu.edu
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
- Brooke W. Bissinger
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
- Noble Egekwu
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
- Kevin V. Donohue
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
- Sayed M. Khalil
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
- R. Michael Roe
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DES RMR. Performed the experiments: DES KVD NE. Analyzed the data: BWB SMK KVD DES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DES KVD BWB NE. Wrote the paper: DES RMR. GO (Level III) analyses, figures and multiple sequence alignments: BWB. qPCR assays and protein gels: NE. Revising and rewriting of manuscript and approved final version to be published: RMR DES.