About the Authors

Yong Wang

Affiliations Division of Life Sciences, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, Sanya Institute of Deep Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, San Ya, Hai Nan, China

Ren Mao Tian

Affiliation Division of Life Sciences, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong

Zhao Ming Gao

Affiliation Division of Life Sciences, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong

Salim Bougouffa

Affiliation Division of Life Sciences, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong

Pei-Yuan Qian

boqianpy@ust.hk

Affiliation Division of Life Sciences, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW PYQ. Performed the experiments: ZMG RMT. Analyzed the data: RMT YW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMT. Wrote the paper: YW SB PYQ. Designed the software used in analysis: YW.