About the Authors
- Maizatul Izzah Mohd-Shamsudin
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Affiliation Genomics and Evolutionary Biology Lab, Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR) and Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Yi Kang
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Affiliation Beijing Genomics Institute, Shenzhen, China
- Zhao Lili
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Affiliation Beijing Genomics Institute, Shenzhen, China
- Tian Tian Tan
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Affiliation Genomics and Evolutionary Biology Lab, Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR) and Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Qi Bin Kwong
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Affiliation Genomics and Evolutionary Biology Lab, Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR) and Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Hang Liu
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Affiliation Beijing Genomics Institute, Shenzhen, China
- Guojie Zhang
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Affiliation Beijing Genomics Institute, Shenzhen, China
- Rofina Yasmin Othman
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Affiliation Genomics and Evolutionary Biology Lab, Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR) and Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Subha Bhassu
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* E-mail: subhabhassu@yahoo.com
Affiliation Genomics and Evolutionary Biology Lab, Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR) and Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MIMS SB GZ RYO TTT. Performed the experiments: TTT. Analyzed the data: MIMS HL YK ZL QBK TTT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GZ SB RYO. Wrote the paper: MIMS HL YK ZL QBK TTT SB GZ RYO. Performed and reviewed the bioinformatics analysis, designed primers for the experimental validations, drafted and revised the manuscript: MIMS TTT. Performed the computational analysis: HL YK ZL QBK. Isolated the total RNA: TTT. Helped to revise the manuscript and coordinated the study: SB GZ RYO. Read and approved the final manuscript: SB MIMS YK ZL TTT QBK HL GZ RYO.