About the Authors

Caitlin E. Burklew

Affiliation Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Jordan Ashlock

Affiliation Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

William B. Winfrey

Affiliation Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Baohong Zhang

zhangb@ecu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CB BZ. Performed the experiments: CB JA WW BZ. Analyzed the data: CB JA WW BZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BZ. Wrote the paper: CB JA WW BZ.