About the Authors

Lei Ray Zhong

Affiliation Biology Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Stephen Estes

Affiliation Biology Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Liana Artinian

Affiliation Biology Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Vincent Rehder

vrehder@gsu.edu

Affiliation Biology Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LRZ LA VR. Performed the experiments: LRZ SE LA. Analyzed the data: LRZ. Wrote the paper: LRZ VR.