About the Authors

Shelly Woody

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America

Richard Stall

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America

Joseph Ramos

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America

Yashomati M. Patel

ympatel@uncg.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YMP. Performed the experiments: SW RS JR YMP. Analyzed the data: SW RS JR YMP. Wrote the paper: SW RS YMP.