About the Authors

Luyi Zhao

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Amber D. Stancik

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Celeste J. Brown

celesteb@uidaho.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ CJB. Performed the experiments: LZ ADS. Analyzed the data: LZ CJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJB. Wrote the paper: LZ CJB.