About the Authors
- Humberto F. Boncristiani
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* E-mail: humbfb@gmail.com
Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America
- Jay D. Evans
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Affiliation Bee Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Yanping Chen
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Affiliation Bee Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Jeff Pettis
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Affiliation Bee Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Charles Murphy
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Affiliation Soybean Genomics and Improvement, Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Dawn L. Lopez
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Affiliation Bee Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Michael Simone-Finstrom
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
- Micheline Strand
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Affiliation United States Army Research Office, Division of Life Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- David R. Tarpy
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
- Olav Rueppell
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Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HFB. Performed the experiments: HFB MSF CM. Analyzed the data: HFB OR JE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HFB OR DT DL YC JE JP MS. Wrote the paper: HFB OR.