About the Authors

Cédric Alaux

Contributed equally to this work with: Cédric Alaux, Nhi Duong

Affiliations Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Nhi Duong

Contributed equally to this work with: Cédric Alaux, Nhi Duong

Affiliation Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Stanley S. Schneider

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

Bruce R. Southey

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Sandra Rodriguez-Zas

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Gene E. Robinson

generobi@illinois.edu

Affiliations Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CA ND SSS GER. Performed the experiments: CA ND. Analyzed the data: CA BRS SRRZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSS GER. Wrote the paper: CA ND SSS GER.