About the Authors

Hua Bai

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Ping Kang

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Ana Maria Hernandez

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Marc Tatar

Marc_Tatar@brown.edu

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HB MT. Performed the experiments: HB PK AMH. Analyzed the data: HB MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HB. Wrote the paper: HB MT.