About the Authors

Mark E. Olson

Affiliation Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Renuka P. Sankaran

renuka.sankaran@lehman.cuny.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, New York, United States of America, The Graduate School and University Center-City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Jed W. Fahey

Affiliation Cullman Chemoprotection Center, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Michael A. Grusak

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

David Odee

Affiliation Biotechnology Laboratory, Kenya Forestry Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Wasif Nouman

Affiliation Department of Forestry, Range, and Wildlife Management, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MO RPS JWF MAG. Performed the experiments: MO RPS JWF MAG DO WN. Analyzed the data: MO RPS JWF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MO RPS JWF MAG DO WN. Wrote the paper: MO RPS JWF MAG DO WN. Fieldwork: MO DO WN.