About the Authors

Yan Zhao

Affiliation Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Colin A. Bretz

Affiliation Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Shane A. Hawksworth

Current address: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Jay Hirsh

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Erik C. Johnson

johnsoec@wfu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZ CAB ECJ. Performed the experiments: YZ CAB SAH JH ECJ. Analyzed the data: YZ ECJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH. Wrote the paper: ECJ.