About the Authors

Leslie J. Brown

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Mariam Alawoki

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Mary E. Crawford

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Tiffany Reida

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Allison Sears

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Tory Torma

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Allan R. Albig

allen.albig@indstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ARA. Performed the experiments: LJB MBA MC TR AS ARA. Analyzed the data: LJB MBA TT ARA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ARA. Wrote the paper: LJB ARA.