About the Authors

James Cebulski

Contributed equally to this work with: James Cebulski, Joshua Malouin, Nathan Pinches

Affiliation Department of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Joshua Malouin

Contributed equally to this work with: James Cebulski, Joshua Malouin, Nathan Pinches

Current address: Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Nathan Pinches

Contributed equally to this work with: James Cebulski, Joshua Malouin, Nathan Pinches

Current address: TIMI Study Group, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Vincent Cascio

Affiliation Department of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Nicanor Austriaco

naustria@providence.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC JM NP VC NA. Performed the experiments: JC JM NP VC NA. Analyzed the data: JC JM NP VC NA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC JM NP VC NA. Wrote the paper: NA.