This study was financially supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 31270237, 31570204, 31070167, 30670148, and J1310002), S & T Basic Work (Grant Nos. 2013FY112100, 2014FY210300), the National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2014CB954100), the Chinese Academy of Sciences Interna- tional Institution Development Program (Grant No. SAJC2O1315), the Chinese Academy of Sciences External Cooperation Program of BIC (Grant No. GJHZ201321), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists (Grant No. 2011TIS24), awarded to Prof. Zhi-Duan Chen et al. We would like to thank Drs. Jun Wen, Zhi-Duan Chen, Wei Wang, and Cai-Fei Zhang for critical and valuable comments on the improvement of our manu- script, and Yan-Chao Bi and Yu Han for data collection.
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