About the Authors

Robert T. Burns

robert.burns@tufts.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jan A. Pechenik

Affiliation Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

William J. Biggers

Affiliation Department of Biology, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Gia Scavo

Affiliation Department of Biology, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Christopher Lehman

Affiliation Department of Biology, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB JP WB. Performed the experiments: RB WB GS CL. Analyzed the data: RB JP WB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RB JP WB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RB JP WB.