About the Authors

Xiaowen Chen

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Qiyong Lou

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Jiangyan He

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Zhan Yin

zyin@ihb.ac.cn

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Principal investigator, design, and preparation of the manuscript: ZY. Lbx2 morpholino designed and assessment experiment: QL. Conducted most of the experiments: XC. Designed experiment and some data collection: JH.