About the Authors
- Matthew W. Breece
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* E-mail: mwbreece@udel.edu
Affiliation University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware, United States of America
- Matthew J. Oliver
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Affiliation University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware, United States of America
- Megan A. Cimino
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Affiliation University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware, United States of America
- Dewayne A. Fox
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Affiliation Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors received funding through a commercial funder via a student fellowship (DuPont Clear into the Future Fellowship Program), and this did not influence the research and/or manuscript in any way. Additionally, this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MWB DAF. Performed the experiments: MWB DAF. Analyzed the data: MWB MAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAF MJO. Wrote the manuscript: MWB.