About the Authors

Eric di Luccio

Current address: Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Yuko Ishida

Current address: Biotechnology Research Center and Department of Biotechnology, Toyama Prefectural University, Imizu, Toyama, Japan

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Walter S. Leal

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

David K. Wilson

dave@alanine.ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, 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: EdL WL DW. Performed the experiments: EdL YI DW. Analyzed the data: EdL WL DW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EdL YI WL DW. Wrote the paper: EdL WL DW.