About the Authors

Michael A. Najarro

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Jennifer L. Hackett

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Brittny R. Smith

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Chad A. Highfill

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Elizabeth G. King

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Anthony D. Long

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Stuart J. Macdonald

sjmac@ku.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America, Center for Computational Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ADL SJM. Performed the experiments: BRS CAH JLH MAN. Analyzed the data: MAN SJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EGK. Wrote the paper: SJM.