About the Authors

Nils Pilotte

npilotte@smith.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Weam I. Zaky

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Brian P. Abrams

Affiliation Department of Science, Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Dave D. Chadee

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies

Steven A. Williams

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NP WIZ DDC SAW. Performed the experiments: NP WIZ BPA. Analyzed the data: NP WIZ SAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NP SAW. Wrote the paper: NP. Contributed to the editing of the manuscript: WIZ BPA SAW.