About the Authors

Pei-Ciao Tang

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States of America

Glen M. Watson

gmw5722@louisiana.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GMW PT. Performed the experiments: PT. Analyzed the data: PT GMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GMW. Wrote the paper: PT GMW.