About the Authors
- Xiaomeng Xu
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* E-mail: xuxiao@isu.edu
Affiliation Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
- Arthur Aron
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Affiliation Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
- J. Lee Westmaas
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Affiliation American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Jin Wang
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Affiliation Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Lawrence H. Sweet
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Affiliation University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Xu has been funded by the NIH. Dr. Aron has been funded by the NSF, the Templeton Foundation, and the Fetzer Institute. Dr. Westmaas has been funded by the American Cancer Society. Dr. Wang declares no potential conflict of interest. Dr. Sweet has been funded by the NIH. 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: XX AA JLW. Performed the experiments: XX AA. Analyzed the data: XX LHS JW AA. Wrote the paper: XX JLW AA LHS JW.