About the Authors

Jessica I. Rivera-Perez

jessica.i.rivera88@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Raul J. Cano

Affiliation Center for Applications in Biotechnology, Biological Sciences Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, United States of America

Yvonne Narganes-Storde

Affiliation Center for Archaeological Research, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Luis Chanlatte-Baik

Affiliation Center for Archaeological Research, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Gary A. Toranzos

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JIRP RJC YNS LCB GAT. Performed the experiments: JIRP RJC YNS LCB. Analyzed the data: JIRP RJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJC YNS LCB GAT. Wrote the paper: JIRP RJC YNS GAT.