About the Authors

Hongyu Guo

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Scott A. Chamberlain

Current address: Department of Biology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada,

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Eran Elhaik

Current address: Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America,

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Inder Jalli

Current address: Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America,

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Alana-Rose Lynes

Current address: TERA Environmental Consultants, Calgary, Alberta, Canada,

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Laurie Marczak

Current address: R2 Resource Consultants, Redmond, Washington, United States of America,

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Niv Sabath

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Amy Vargas

Current address: URS Corporation, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America,

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kazimierz Więski

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Emily M. Zelig

Current address: 718 North 74th Street, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Steven C. Pennings

spennings@uh.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AV SCP. Performed the experiments: AV. Analyzed the data: HG SAC EE IJ AL LM NS KW EMZ SCP. Wrote the paper: HG SAC EE IJ AL LM NS AV KW EMZ SCP.