About the Authors

Justin P. Bredlau

Affiliation Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Yasha J. Mohajer

Affiliation Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Timothy M. Cameron

Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America

Karen M. Kester

Affiliation Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Michael L. Fine

mfine@vcu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPB KMK MLF. Performed the experiments: JPB YJM. Analyzed the data: JPB YJM TMC KMK MLF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMK MLF. Wrote the paper: JPB TMC KMK MLF.