About the Authors

David M. Gravano

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California at Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Bryce T. McLelland

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California at Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Keisuke Horiuchi

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Department of Anti-aging Orthopedic Research, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Jennifer O. Manilay

jmanilay@ucmerced.edu

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California at Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DMG JOM. Performed the experiments: DMG. Analyzed the data: DMG JOM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BTM KH. Wrote the paper: DMG JOM.