About the Authors

Leslie A. Kirby

Contributed equally to this work with: Leslie A. Kirby, Jason T. Schott

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, California State University – Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America

Jason T. Schott

Contributed equally to this work with: Leslie A. Kirby, Jason T. Schott

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, California State University – Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America

Brenda L. Noble

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, California State University – Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America

Daniel C. Mendez

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, California State University – Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America

Paul S. Caseley

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, California State University – Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America

Sarah C. Peterson

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, California State University – Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America

Tyler J. Routledge

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, California State University – Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America

Nilay V. Patel

npatel@fullerton.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Science, California State University – Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America, Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, California State University – Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NVP. Performed the experiments: LAK JTS BLN DCM PSC SCP TJR. Analyzed the data: LAK JTS BLN DCM PSC SCP TJR NVP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAK JTS NVP. Wrote the paper: NVP LAK JTS. Prepared all the figures: JTS.