About the Authors

Guowu Bian

Affiliation Department of Entomology and Genetics Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Yao Xu

Affiliation Department of Entomology and Genetics Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Peng Lu

Affiliation Department of Entomology and Genetics Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Yan Xie

Affiliation Center for Statistical Training & Consulting, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Zhiyong Xi

zxi@msu.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology and Genetics Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: G. Bian, Z. Xi. Performed the experiments: G. Bian, Y. Xu, P. Lu, Z. Xi. Analyzed the data: Y. Xie. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Y. Xie. Wrote the paper: Z. Xi.