About the Authors

Julie L. Ziemba

jziemba09@jcu.edu

Affiliation John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio, United States of America

Cari-Ann M. Hickerson

Contributed equally to this work with: Cari-Ann M. Hickerson, Carl D. Anthony

Affiliation John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio, United States of America

Carl D. Anthony

Contributed equally to this work with: Cari-Ann M. Hickerson, Carl D. Anthony

Affiliation John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLZ CMH CDA. Performed the experiments: JLZ. Analyzed the data: JLZ CMH CDA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMH CDA. Wrote the paper: JLZ CMH CDA. Obtained permits: JLZ CMH. Wrote Animal Care and Use Committee (ACAUC) protocol: CDA.