About the Authors

Erin H. Gillam

Erin.Gillam@ndsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Gloriana Chaverri

Affiliation Biology Department, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Karina Montero

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Maria Sagot

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EHG GC. Performed the experiments: EHG GC KM MS. Analyzed the data: EHG GC KM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EHG GC KM. Wrote the paper: EHG GC KM MS.