About the Authors

Margaret C. W. Ho

Affiliation Biology Department, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, United States of America

Benjamin J. Schiller

Affiliation Biology Department, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, United States of America

Omar S. Akbari

Affiliation Biology Department, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, United States of America

Esther Bae

Affiliation College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America

Robert A. Drewell

drewell@hmc.edu

Affiliation Biology Department, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCWH BJS RAD. Performed the experiments: MCWH BJS OSA EB RAD. Analyzed the data: MCWH BJS OAS EB RAD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCWH BJS RAD. Wrote the paper: MCWH BJS RAD.