About the Authors

Nehemiah Cox

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Darrell Pilling

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Richard H. Gomer

rgomer@tamu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RHG DP. Performed the experiments: NC DP. Analyzed the data: NC. Wrote the paper: NC.