About the Authors

Sanyuan Ma

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Shengling Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Feng Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Yong Liu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Yuanyuan Liu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Hanfu Xu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Chun Liu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Ying Lin

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Ping Zhao

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Qingyou Xia

xiaqy@swu.edu.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM QX. Performed the experiments: SM SZ Yong Liu Yuanyuan Liu. Analyzed the data: SM SZ QX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CL Y. Lin. Wrote the paper: SM QX. Provided suggestions about designing the experiments: HX PZ. Provided protocols about mRNA preparation and performed some of the experiments: FW.