About the Authors

Dimitrios Moustakas

Affiliations Department of Math and Science, Dominican College, Orangeburg, New York, United States of America, New York College of Podiatric Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Michael Mezzio

Affiliation Department of Math and Science, Dominican College, Orangeburg, New York, United States of America

Branden R. Rodriguez

Affiliation Department of Math and Science, Dominican College, Orangeburg, New York, United States of America

Mic Andre Constable

Affiliation Department of Math and Science, Dominican College, Orangeburg, New York, United States of America

Margaret E. Mulligan

Affiliation Department of Math and Science, Dominican College, Orangeburg, New York, United States of America

Evelyn B. Voura

evelyn.voura@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Biology, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, United States of America, Department of Math and Science, Dominican College, Orangeburg, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM EBV. Performed the experiments: DM MM BRR EBV MAC. Analyzed the data: EBV MEM DM. Wrote the paper: EBV.