About the Authors

Indu Warrier

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Linda D. Hicks

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

James M. Battisti

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Rahul Raghavan

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

Michael F. Minnick

mike.minnick@mso.umt.edu

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RR MFM. Performed the experiments: IW LDH RR MFM. Analyzed the data: IW JMB RR MFM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: IW JMB RR MFM.