About the Authors

Karla A. Salazar

Affiliation Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Nina R. Joffe

Affiliation Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Nathalie Dinguirard

Current address: Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Peter Houde

Affiliation Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Maria G. Castillo

mcastill@nmsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGC. Performed the experiments: KAS ND. Analyzed the data: KAS ND NRJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGC PH. Wrote the paper: KAS NRJ ND MGC.