About the Authors

Yuqi Wang

ywang8@slu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Ameair Abu Irqeba

Affiliation Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Mihretu Ayalew

Affiliation Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Kristina Suntay

Affiliation Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW. Performed the experiments: YW AAI. Analyzed the data: YW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAI. Wrote the paper: YW. Performed some of the experiments: MA KS.