About the Authors

Meritxell Perez-Hedo

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Crisalejandra Rivera-Perez

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Fernando G. Noriega

noriegaf@fiu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPH FGN. Performed the experiments: MPH CRP. Analyzed the data: MPH CRP FGN. Wrote the paper: MPH FGN.