About the Authors

Anastasia L. Bodnar

Current address: United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Riverdale, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Iowa State University Interdepartmental Genetics Program, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Megan N. Schroder

Current address: DuPont Pioneer, Johnston, Iowa, United States of America

Affiliation Iowa State University Interdepartmental Genetics Program, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

M. Paul Scott

paul.scott@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPS ALB. Performed the experiments: ALB MNS. Analyzed the data: ALB MPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MPS ALB MNS. Wrote the paper: ALB MPS MNS.