About the Authors

Yulin Liu

Affiliation College of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Beijing Forest University, Beijing, China

Zhedong Huang

Affiliation Laboratory of Systematic Evolution and Biogeography of Woody Plants, College of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forest University, Beijing, China

Yan Ao

Affiliation Academy of Forest, Beijing Forest University, Beijing, China

Wei Li

bjfuliwei@bjfu.edu.cn (WL); zxzhang@bjfu.edu.cn (ZXZ)

Affiliation College of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Beijing Forest University, Beijing, China

Zhixiang Zhang

bjfuliwei@bjfu.edu.cn (WL); zxzhang@bjfu.edu.cn (ZXZ)

Affiliation Laboratory of Systematic Evolution and Biogeography of Woody Plants, College of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forest University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YLL WL ZXZ. Performed the experiments: YLL. Analyzed the data: YLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YLL ZDH YA. Wrote the paper: YLL WL ZXZ.