About the Authors

Michael B. Francis

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Charlotte A. Allen

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Ritu Shrestha

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Joseph A. Sorg

jsorg@bio.tamu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAS MBF. Performed the experiments: JAS MBF CAA RS. Analyzed the data: JAS MBF. Wrote the paper: JAS.