About the Authors

Joanna Joyner-Matos

Contributed equally to this work with: Joanna Joyner-Matos, Kiley A. Hicks

jmatos@ewu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington, United States of America

Kiley A. Hicks

Contributed equally to this work with: Joanna Joyner-Matos, Kiley A. Hicks

Affiliation Biology Department, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Dustin Cousins

Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington, United States of America

Michelle Keller

Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington, United States of America

Dee R. Denver

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Charles F. Baer

Affiliation Department of Biology and University of Florida Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Suzanne Estes

Affiliation Biology Department, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJM KAH DC DRD CFB SE. Performed the experiments: JJM KAH DC MK SE. Analyzed the data: JJM KAH CFB SE. Wrote the paper: JJM KAH DC MK DRD CFB SE.