About the Authors

Yuejian Mao

Affiliations Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Anthony C. Yannarell

Affiliations Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Roderick I. Mackie

r-mackie@illinois.edu

Affiliations Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YM ACY RIM. Performed the experiments: YM ACY. Analyzed the data: YM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YM. Wrote the paper: YM ACY RIM.