About the Authors

Ming Liu

Affiliation Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China

Longshan Lin

Affiliation Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China

Tianxiang Gao

gaozhang@ouc.edu.cn

Affiliation Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China

Takashi Yanagimoto

Affiliation National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research Agency, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Yasunori Sakurai

Affiliation Graduate School of Fisheries Science, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

W. Stewart Grant

Affiliation Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TXG YS ML. Performed the experiments: ML LSL TY. Analyzed the data: ML WSG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LSL YS TY. Wrote the paper: WSG ML.