About the Authors

Kristy M. Brumfield

Affiliation Department of Biology, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

James V. Moroney

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Thomas S. Moore

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Tiffany A. Simms

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

David Donze

ddonze@lsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMB JVM TSM DD. Performed the experiments: KMB TAS. Analyzed the data: KMB JVM DD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JVM DD. Wrote the paper: KMB JVM DD.