About the Authors

Tyler A. Herek

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Timothy D. Shew

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Heather N. Spurgin

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Christine E. Cutucache

ccutucache@unomaha.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TAH CEC. Performed the experiments: TAH. Analyzed the data: TAH TDS HNS CEC. Wrote the paper: TAH TDS HNS CEC.