About the Authors

Anthony Choy

Affiliation Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, Center for Disease Vector Research and Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Maiara S. Severo

Affiliation Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, Center for Disease Vector Research and Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Ruobai Sun

Affiliation "Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Thomas Girke

Affiliation "Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Joseph J. Gillespie

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Joao H. F. Pedra

jpedra@som.umaryland.edu

Affiliations Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, Center for Disease Vector Research and Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AC TG JJG JHFP. Performed the experiments: AC MSS RS JJG. Analyzed the data: AC RS TG JJG JHFP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS TG. Wrote the manuscript: AC JHFP.