About the Authors

Dihong Lu

Affiliation Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America

Marissa Macchietto

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America

Dennis Chang

Affiliation Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America

Mirayana M. Barros

Affiliation Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America

James Baldwin

Affiliation Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America

Ali Mortazavi

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America

Adler R. Dillman

adlerd@ucr.edu

Affiliation Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DL ARD AM. Data curation: DL MM AM. Formal analysis: DL MM DC AM ARD. Funding acquisition: AM ARD. Investigation: DL MM DC MMB JB AM ARD. Methodology: DL MM JB AM ARD. Project administration: DL JB AM ARD. Resources: DL MM JB AM ARD. Supervision: DL JB AM ARD. Validation: DL MM AM ARD. Visualization: DL MM MMB AM ARD. Writing – original draft: DL MM AM ARD. Writing – review & editing: DL MM DC MMB JB AM ARD.