About the Authors

Cassandra M. Modahl

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, United States of America

Stephen P. Mackessy

stephen.mackessy@unco.edu

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMM SPM. Performed the experiments: CMM SPM. Analyzed the data: CMM SPM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMM SPM. Wrote the paper: CMM SPM.