Title page
Type of Paper: Primary research Paper
Authorship statement: This specific study was designed by Q.K.W., with help from P.T., X.C.Z. and S.E.L. The experiment was coordinated by X.C.Z. Statistical analyses were performed by P.T., S.E.L. and Q.K.W. The first draft of the manuscript was wrote by Q.K.W. and all authors contributed substantially to revisions.
Data accessibility statement: We confirm that if the manuscript should be accepted, the data supporting the results will be archived in one of the approved public repository, and the data DOI will be included at the end of the article.
Number of words in abstract: 150 words
Number of words in main text: 4241 words
Number of cited references: 53 references
Number of text pages: 35 pages
Number of tables and figures: 6 figures
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