About the Authors

Tsunemi Yamashita

tyamashita@atu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Arkansas, United States of America

Douglas D. Rhoads

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, 601 SCEN, The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TY DR. Performed the experiments: TY DR. Analyzed the data: TY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TY DR. Wrote the paper: TY DR.