About the Authors

Xi Yang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States of America

Xianzhong Yu

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States of America

Yanzhang Wei

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

ywei@clemson.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.