About the Authors

Joseph P. Peacock

Affiliations School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America, Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Jessica K. Cole

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Senthil K. Murugapiran

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Jeremy A. Dodsworth

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Jenny C. Fisher

Affiliation Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Duane P. Moser

Affiliations School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America, Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Brian P. Hedlund

brian.hedlund@unlv.edu

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPP JKC JAD BPH. Performed the experiments: JPP JKC JAD. Analyzed the data: JPP JKC SKM JCF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DPM BPH. Wrote the paper: JPP JKC SKM JAD JCF DPM BPH.