About the Authors

Kamilah Ali

kali@ccny.cuny.edu

Affiliations The City College of New York, Biology Department, New York, New York, United States of America, Graduate Center at CUNY, New York, New York, United States of America

Ehab M. Abo-Ali

Affiliations The City College of New York, Biology Department, New York, New York, United States of America, Graduate Center at CUNY, New York, New York, United States of America

M. D. Kabir

Affiliation The City College of New York, Biology Department, New York, New York, United States of America

Bethany Riggins

Affiliation The City College of New York, Biology Department, New York, New York, United States of America

Susanna Nguy

Affiliation The City College of New York, Biology Department, New York, New York, United States of America

Lisa Li

Affiliation The City College of New York, Biology Department, New York, New York, United States of America

Ujala Srivastava

Affiliation The City College of New York, Biology Department, New York, New York, United States of America

Su Mya Mya Thinn

Affiliation The City College of New York, Biology Department, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KA. Performed the experiments: EMAA SN US BR LL SMMT KA MDK. Analyzed the data: EMAA US BR SMMT KA. Wrote the paper: KA.