About the Authors

Charles C. Y. Xu

charles.cong.xu@gmail.com

Current address: Animal Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Ivy J. Yen

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Dean Bowman

Affiliation Potawatomi Zoo, South Bend, Indiana, United States of America

Cameron R. Turner

Current address: ecoSystem Genetics LLC, South Bend, Indiana, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

CRT is currently a scientist in a commercial company, ecoSystem Genetics, which specializes in genetic and genomic analysis of environmental mixtures for ecosystem monitoring. CRT did not receive funding from ecoSystem Genetics while this study was conducted. There are no relevant patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCYX CRT. Performed the experiments: CCYX CRT IJY DB. Analyzed the data: CCYX CRT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCYX CRT. Wrote the paper: CCYX CRT IJY DB.