About the Authors

Lu Zhang

Affiliations Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology Department, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America, Conservation and Research Department, Memphis Zoological Society, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Wei Jiang

Affiliation Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Qi-Jun Wang

Affiliation Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Hu Zhao

Affiliation Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Hong-Xing Zhang

Affiliation Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Ruth M. Marcec

Affiliation Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology Department, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Scott T. Willard

Affiliation Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology Department, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Andrew J. Kouba

a.kouba@msstate.edu

Affiliations Conservation and Research Department, Memphis Zoological Society, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ HXZ RMM STW AJK. Performed the experiments: LZ WJ QJW HZ RMM AJK. Analyzed the data: LZ WJ QJW HZ RMM AJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ WJ QJW HZ RMM. Wrote the paper: LZ WJ QJW HZ RMM STW AJK.