About the Authors

Todd A. Lyda

Current address: Department of Biology, High Point University, High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Elizabeth L. Wagner

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Andre X. Bourg

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Congyue Peng

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Golnaz Najaf Tomaraei

Affiliation Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Delphine Dean

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Marian S. Kennedy

Affiliation Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

William R. Marcotte Jr.

marcotw@clemson.edu

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: TAL WRM. Formal analysis: TAL GNT DD MSK WRM. Funding acquisition: DD WRM. Investigation: TAL ELW AXB CP. Methodology: TAL WRM. Project administration: TAL DD MSK WRM. Resources: TAL DD WRM. Supervision: WRM. Visualization: TAL CP GNT DD MSK WRM. Writing – original draft: TAL. Writing – review & editing: TAL CP DD MSK WRM.