About the Authors

Nicole E. Miller-Struttmann

nicolem42@webster.edu

Affiliation Biological Sciences Department, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

David Heise

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Technology & Mathematics, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America

Johannes Schul

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Jennifer C. Geib

Affiliation Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Candace Galen

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CG NMS JS. Data curation: NMS DH CG. Formal analysis: NMS DH CG. Funding acquisition: CG DH. Investigation: NMS JG DH. Methodology: NMS CG JS DH. Project administration: CG NMS DH. Resources: GC JS DH JG. Software: DH NMS. Visualization: NMS. Writing – original draft: NMS. Writing – review & editing: NMS CG DH JS.