About the Authors

Suzanne Koptur

kopturs@fiu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Ian M. Jones

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Jorge E. Peña

Affiliation Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Homestead, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK JEP. Performed the experiments: SK JEP. Analyzed the data: SK IMJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK JEP. Wrote the paper: SK IMJ JEP.