About the Authors

Timothy L. Dickson

tdickson@unomaha.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Katherine L. Gross

Affiliation W.K. Kellogg Biological Station and Plant Biology Department, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KLG. Performed the experiments: TLD KLG. Analyzed the data: TLD KLG. Wrote the paper: TLD KLG.