About the Authors

Kevin J. Liu

kl23@rice.edu (KJL); nakhleh@rice.edu (LN)

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jingxuan Dai

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kathy Truong

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ying Song

Affiliation The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Michael H. Kohn

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Luay Nakhleh

kl23@rice.edu (KJL); nakhleh@rice.edu (LN)

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJL MHK LN. Performed the experiments: KJL. Analyzed the data: KJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KJL JD KT YS. Wrote the paper: KJL MHK LN.