About the Authors

Peng Xu

px3x@virginia.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Tamara L. Johnson

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Jessica R. Stoller-Conrad

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Robert A. Schulz

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PX RAS. Performed the experiments: PX. Analyzed the data: PX RAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PX TLJ JRS-C. Wrote the paper: PX TLJ JRS-C RAS. Head of the lab-provided equipment and funding: RAS.