About the Authors

E. Gene Towne

egtowne@ksu.edu

Affiliation Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Joseph M. Craine

Affiliation Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EGT. Performed the experiments: EGT. Analyzed the data: JMC. Wrote the paper: EGT JMC.