About the Authors

Ashlee N. Smith

Contributed equally to this work with: Ashlee N. Smith, J. Curtis Creighton, Mark C. Belk

ashlee.n.smith@gmail.com

Current address: Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana, United States of America

J. Curtis Creighton

Contributed equally to this work with: Ashlee N. Smith, J. Curtis Creighton, Mark C. Belk

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana, United States of America

Mark C. Belk

Contributed equally to this work with: Ashlee N. Smith, J. Curtis Creighton, Mark C. Belk

Affiliation Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ANS JCC. Performed the experiments: ANS. Analyzed the data: MCB ANS JCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ANS MCB JCC. Wrote the paper: ANS JCC MCB.