About the Authors

Gareth Harris

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Amanda Korchnak

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Philip Summers

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Vera Hapiak

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Wen Jing Law

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Andrew M. Stein

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Patricia Komuniecki

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Richard Komuniecki

rkomuni@uoft02.utoledo.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RK GH. Performed the experiments: GH AK VH PS WJL AS. Analyzed the data: RK GH PK. Wrote the paper: RK GH. Critical reading of the manuscript: VH PK.