About the Authors

Barry M. Wendling

Affiliation Department of Biology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, United States of America

Kurt E. Galbreath

Affiliation Department of Biology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, United States of America

Eric G. DeChaine

dechainelab@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BMW EGD. Performed the experiments: BMW KEG EGD. Analyzed the data: BMW KEG EGD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EGD. Wrote the paper: BMW KEG EGD.