About the Authors

Xuhua Xia

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: xxia@uottawa.ca

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Center for Advanced Research in Environmental Genomics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Huang Huang

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Malisa Carullo

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Esther Betrán

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States of America

Etsuko N. Moriyama

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences and Plant Science Institute, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XX EB EM. Performed the experiments: XX. Analyzed the data: XX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XX. Wrote the paper: XX. Other: Obtained funding: XX. Manuscript revision: EM EB. Participated in data compilation: MC HH.