About the Authors

Jing Jiao

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jjiao3@utk.edu

Affiliations National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Gonzalo P. Suarez

Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Agriculture and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Nina H. Fefferman

Roles Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.