About the Authors

Amanda B. Maliphol

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Deborah J. Garth

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Kathryn F. Medler

kmedler@buffalo.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KM. Performed the experiments: AM DG KM. Analyzed the data: AM DG KM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KM. Wrote the paper: AM DG KM.