About the Authors

Vladimir A. Timoshevskiy

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Joseph R. Herdy

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Laboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Melissa C. Keinath

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Jeramiah J. Smith

jjsmit3@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJS VAT. Performed the experiments: VAT JRH JJS. Analyzed the data: VAT MCK JJS. Wrote the paper: JJS VAT MCK.