About the Authors

Kevin C. Daly

kevin.daly@mail.wvu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Faizan Kalwar

Affiliation Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Mandy Hatfield

Affiliation Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Erich Staudacher

Affiliation Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Samual P. Bradley

Affiliation Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KCD FK MH EMS SPB. Performed the experiments: KCD FK MH EMS SPB. Analyzed the data: KCD FK MH EMS SPB. Wrote the manuscript: KCD.