About the Authors

Lorraine Rodriguez-Bonilla

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Hugo E. Cuevas

Affiliation Tropical Agriculture Research Station, US Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Milly Montero-Rojas

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Fernando Bird-Pico

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Dianiris Luciano-Rosario

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Dimuth Siritunga

Dimuth.siritunga@upr.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LRB DS. Performed the experiments: LRB DLR. Analyzed the data: LRB HC DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMR FBP. Wrote the paper: LRB HC DS.