About the Authors

Laura D. Steele

steele11@illinois.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Brad Coates

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

M. Carmen Valero

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Weilin Sun

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Keon Mook Seong

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

William M. Muir

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

John M. Clark

Affiliation Department of Veterinary & Animal Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Barry R. Pittendrigh

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no completing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LDS WS WMM BRP. Performed the experiments: LDS WS. Analyzed the data: LDS BC MCV KMS WMM JMC BRP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LDS BC MCV WS KMS WMM JMC BRP. Wrote the paper: LDS BC MCV WS MKS WMM JMC BRP.