About the Authors

Jonathan Linneman

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Darcy Paulus

Affiliation Department of Biology, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, United States of America

Grace Lim-Fong

Affiliation Department of Biology, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, United States of America

Nicole B. Lopanik

nlopanik@gsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL GL-F NBL. Performed the experiments: JL DP GL-F. Analyzed the data: JL GL-F NBL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GL-F NBL. Wrote the paper: JL GL-F NBL.