About the Authors
- Leonid I. Brodsky
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Affiliation Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
- Abdus S. Wahed
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Affiliation Epidemiology Data Center, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Jia Li
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Affiliation Epidemiology Data Center, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- John E. Tavis
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Affiliation Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, St. Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Takuma Tsukahara
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
- Milton W. Taylor
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: taylor@indiana.edu
Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MT LB. Performed the experiments: MT. Analyzed the data: MT JT AW JL LB TT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TT. Wrote the paper: MT JT LB. Other: Confirmed statistical analysis: JL AW.