About the Authors

Ronald J. Heustis

ronald.heustis@tufts.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hong K. Ng

Current address: School of Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies

Affiliation Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kenneth J. Brand

Current address: College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Meredith C. Rogers

Current address: The Medical Scientist Training Program, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Linda T. Le

Affiliation Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Charles A. Specht

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Juliet A. Fuhrman

Affiliation Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJH CAS JAF. Performed the experiments: RJH HKN KJB MCR LTL CAS JAF. Analyzed the data: RJH CAS JAF. Wrote the paper: RJH CAS JAF.