About the Authors

Barbara A. Whitlock

whitlock@bio.miami.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, United States of America

Amanda M. Hale

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Paul A. Groff

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAW AMH PAG. Performed the experiments: BAW AMH PAG. Analyzed the data: BAW PAG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BAW AMH PAG. Wrote the paper: BAW PAG.