About the Authors

Esmeralda Ponce

Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, California, United States of America

Natalie B. Aquino

Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, California, United States of America

Maggie C. Louie

maggie.louie@dominican.edu

Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EP MCL. Performed the experiments: EP NBA MCL. Analyzed the data: EP NBA MCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCL. Wrote the paper: EP NBA MCL.