About the Authors

Sixin Liu

Affiliation USDA/ARS National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Guangtu Gao

Affiliation USDA/ARS National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Yniv Palti

Affiliation USDA/ARS National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Beth M. Cleveland

Affiliation USDA/ARS National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Gregory M. Weber

Affiliation USDA/ARS National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Caird E. Rexroad III

caird.rexroadiii@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation USDA/ARS National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CER GW SL YP. Performed the experiments: SL BC. Analyzed the data: GG BC SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GG. Wrote the paper: SL CER.