About the Authors

David Swanson

david.swanson@usd.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States of America

Yufeng Zhang

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States of America

Marisa King

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS YZ MK. Performed the experiments: DS YZ MK. Analyzed the data: DS MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DS YZ MK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DS MK.