About the Authors

Eric P. Ratliff

Contributed equally to this work with: Eric P. Ratliff, Roxanne W. Kotzebue

Affiliations Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Roxanne W. Kotzebue

Contributed equally to this work with: Eric P. Ratliff, Roxanne W. Kotzebue

Affiliations Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Brandon Molina

Affiliations Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Ruth E. Mauntz

Affiliation Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Arysa Gonzalez

Affiliations Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Ayeh Barekat

Affiliations Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Nadja El-Mecharrafie

Affiliations Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Shannon Garza

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Michael A. Gurney

Affiliations Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Madhulika Achal

Affiliations Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Phyllis-Jean Linton

Affiliation Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Greg L. Harris

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Kim D. Finley

kfinley@mail.sdsu.edu

Affiliations Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: EPR RWK PJL GLH KDF. Data curation: EPR RWK REM KDF. Formal analysis: EPR RWK BM REM AG MA NEM AB SG MAG KDF. Funding acquisition: KDF. Investigation: EPR RWK BM REM AG MA NEM AB SG MAG KDF. Methodology: EPR RWK BM REM AG MA NEM AB SG MAG KDF. Project administration: EPR GLH PJL KDF. Resources: EPR RWK BM REM AG SG MAG KDF. Software: REM AG KDF. Supervision: EPR GLH PJL KDF. Validation: EPR RWK BM REM AG MA NEM AB SG MAG KDF. Visualization: EPR RWK BM KDF. Writing – original draft: EPR RWK KDF. Writing – review & editing: EPR RWK GLH PJL KDF.