About the Authors

Carol A. Fassbinder-Orth

carolfassbinder-orth@creighton.edu

Affiliation Biology Department, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Virginia A. Barak

Affiliation Biology Department, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Charles R. Brown

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VAB CFO CRB. Performed the experiments: VAB CFO CRB. Analyzed the data: VAB CFO CRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VAB CFO CRB. Wrote the paper: VAB CFO CRB.