About the Authors

Pengpeng Li

Affiliation Bioinformatics Center, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Amy H. Y. Kwok

Affiliation Bioinformatics Center, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Jingwei Jiang

Affiliations Bioinformatics Center, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China, School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China

Tingting Ran

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Dongqing Xu

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Weiwu Wang

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Frederick C. Leung

fcleung.njau@gmail.com

Affiliations Bioinformatics Center, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China, School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China

Competing Interests

FCL is currently serving as PLoS ONE editor and this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PPL AHYK JJ FCL. Performed the experiments: PPL TR DX WW AHYK JJ. Analyzed the data: PPL AHYK JJ FCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AHYK JJ FCL. Wrote the paper: PPL AHYK JJ FCL.