About the Authors

Juan Carlos Pizarro

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America, Facultad de Bioquímica, Universidad de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, Sucre, Bolivia

Lori Stevens

lxsteven@uvm.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCP LS. Performed the experiments: JCP. Analyzed the data: JCP LS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LS. Wrote the paper: JCP LS.