About the Authors

Joseph Nagyvary

j-nagyvary@neo.tamu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Renald N. Guillemette

Affiliation Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Clifford H. Spiegelman

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JN RG. Performed the experiments: RG. Analyzed the data: JN RG CHS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JN RG. Wrote the paper: JN RG CHS.