About the Authors

Wenjing Law

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Leah M. Wuescher

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Amanda Ortega

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Vera M. Hapiak

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Patricia R. Komuniecki

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Richard Komuniecki

komlaboratory@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RK WL VMH. Performed the experiments: WL LMW. Analyzed the data: RK WL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WL AO VMH. Wrote the paper: RK WL PRK.