About the Authors

Jian Li

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Wei-Qun Lu

Affiliation Faculty of Fisheries and Life Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

Stephen Beesley

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Andrew S. I. Loudon

Andrew.Loudon@manchester.ac.uk (AL); Qing-Jun.Meng@manchester.ac.uk (QM)

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Qing-Jun Meng

Andrew.Loudon@manchester.ac.uk (AL); Qing-Jun.Meng@manchester.ac.uk (QM)

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL QM AL. Performed the experiments: JL WL SB QM. Analyzed the data: JL WL SB QM AL. Wrote the paper: JL QM AL.