About the Authors

W. James Cooper

wjcooper@syr.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Kevin Parsons

Affiliation Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Alyssa McIntyre

Affiliation School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Brittany Kern

Affiliation Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Alana McGee-Moore

Affiliation Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

R. Craig Albertson

Affiliation Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WJC KJP RCA. Performed the experiments: WJC KJP AM BK AMM RCA. Analyzed the data: WJC KJP AM BK AMM RCA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCA. Wrote the paper: WJC KJP AM BK AMM RCA.