About the Authors

Gayantonia Franzè

Affiliation Department of Biology, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Peter J. Lavrentyev

peter3@uakron.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

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