About the Authors

Karen Kemirembe

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kate Liebmann

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States of America

Abigail Bootes

Affiliation Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wendy A. Smith

Affiliation Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yuichiro Suzuki

ysuzuki@wellesley.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KK KL WAS YS. Performed the experiments: KK KL AB WAS YS. Analyzed the data: KK KL WAS YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WAS YS. Wrote the paper: KK WAS YS.