About the Authors

Cheong Xin Chan

Current address: Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources and Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Adrian Reyes-Prieto

Current address: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources and Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Debashish Bhattacharya

bhattacharya@aesop.rutgers.edu

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources and Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DB ARP CXC. Performed the experiments: CXC DB. Analyzed the data: CXC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DB ARP CXC. Wrote the paper: CXC DB. Provided the preliminary experimental design of the study: ARP.