About the Authors

John M. Tauber

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Phillip A. Vanlandingham

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Bing Zhang

bing@ou.edu

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMT BZ. Performed the experiments: JMT PAV. Analyzed the data: JMT PAV BZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMT PAV BZ. Wrote the paper: JMT BZ. Edited the text: PAV.