About the Authors

Dongying Wu

dongyingwu1@gmail.com

Affiliation UC Davis Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Amber Hartman

Affiliations UC Davis Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Naomi Ward

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America, Center of Marine Biotechnology, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jonathan A. Eisen

Affiliations UC Davis Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Section of Evolution and Ecology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JE DW. Performed the experiments: AH DW. Analyzed the data: NW AH DW. Wrote the paper: DW. Other: Provided advice: NW.