About the Authors

Zhiqing Li

Affiliation Laboratory of Silkworm Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Daojun Cheng

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Hiroaki Mon

Affiliation Laboratory of Silkworm Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Li Zhu

Affiliation Laboratory of Silkworm Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Jian Xu

Affiliation Laboratory of Silkworm Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Tsuneyuki Tatsuke

Affiliation Laboratory of Silkworm Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Jae Man Lee

Affiliation Laboratory of Silkworm Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Qingyou Xia

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Takahiro Kusakabe

kusakabe@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Laboratory of Silkworm Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZL TK. Performed the experiments: ZL. Analyzed the data: ZL DC JML QX TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZL HM LZ JX TT JML. Wrote the paper: ZL DC QX TK.