About the Authors

Marshall Hampton

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

Richard G. Melvin

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

Anne H. Kendall

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

Brian R. Kirkpatrick

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

Nichole Peterson

Affiliation BioMedical Genomics Center, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Matthew T. Andrews

mandrews@d.umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MTA MH RGM. Performed the experiments: MH RGM BRK AHK NP MTA. Analyzed the data: MH RGM BRK AHK MTA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH RGM BRK AHK NP MTA. Wrote the paper: MH RGM BRK AHK NP MTA.