About the Authors

Mojgan Padash Barmchi

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Gayathri Samarasekera

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Mary Gilbert

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vanessa J. Auld

auld@zoology.ubc.ca (VA); zhangbing@missouri.edu (BZ)

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Bing Zhang

auld@zoology.ubc.ca (VA); zhangbing@missouri.edu (BZ)

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPB MG VA BZ. Performed the experiments: MPB GS MG. Analyzed the data: MPB VA BZ. Wrote the paper: MPB MG VA BZ.