About the Authors

Gengping Zhu

gengpingzhu@hotmail.com

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China

A. Townsend Peterson

Affiliation Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GZ ATP. Performed the experiments: GZ. Analyzed the data: GZ. Wrote the paper: GZ ATP.