About the Authors

Nathan Muchhala

muchhalan@umsl.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Missouri St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Diana Serrano

Affiliation Escuela de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NM DS. Performed the experiments: DS. Analyzed the data: NM DS. Wrote the paper: NM DS.