About the Authors

Marie-dominique Franco

Current address: Department of Biology, Regis University, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Jonathan Bohbot

Current address: Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Kenny Fernandez

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Jayd Hanna

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

James Poppy

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Richard Vogt

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: vogt@biol.sc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RV MF JB. Performed the experiments: RV MF JB KF JH JP. Analyzed the data: RV MF JB. Wrote the paper: RV.