About the Authors

Yesha Shrestha

Contributed equally to this work with: Yesha Shrestha, Herman H. Wirshing, M. G. Harasewych

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Herman H. Wirshing

Contributed equally to this work with: Yesha Shrestha, Herman H. Wirshing, M. G. Harasewych

Affiliation Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America

M. G. Harasewych

Contributed equally to this work with: Yesha Shrestha, Herman H. Wirshing, M. G. Harasewych

Harasewych@si.edu

Affiliation Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YS HHW MGH. Performed the experiments: YS MGH HHW. Analyzed the data: YS HHW MGH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGH YS HHW. Wrote the paper: YS MGH HHW.