About the Authors

Garret Suen

Affiliation Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Barry S. Goldman

Affiliation Monsanto, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Roy D. Welch

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rowelch@syr.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BG. Performed the experiments: GS. Analyzed the data: GS. Wrote the paper: RW BG GS.