About the Authors

John H. Malone

Affiliation Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States of America

Thomas H. Chrzanowski

Affiliation Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States of America

Pawel Michalak

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: michalak@uta.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM JM. Performed the experiments: JM. Analyzed the data: JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM TC. Wrote the paper: JM.