About the Authors

Kari T. Ryder Wilkie

kryderwilkie@gmail.com

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

Amy L. Mertl

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

James F. A. Traniello

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KTRW ALM. Performed the experiments: KTRW ALM. Analyzed the data: KTRW ALM JFAT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JFAT. Wrote the paper: KTRW ALM JFAT.