About the Authors

Kendall Gillies

Affiliation Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Marine Sciences Laboratory, Sequim, Washington, United States of America

Stephen M. Krone

Affiliation University of Idaho, Department of Mathematics, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

James J. Nagler

Affiliation University of Idaho, Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Reproductive Biology, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Irvin R. Schultz

irv.schultz@pnnl.gov

Affiliation Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Marine Sciences Laboratory, Sequim, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KG JJN IRS. Performed the experiments: KG IRS. Analyzed the data: KG SMK JJN IRS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KG JJN IRS. Wrote the paper: KG SMK JJN IRS.