About the Authors

Jorge M. Dinis

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, United States of America

David E. Barton

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, United States of America

Jamsheed Ghadiri

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, United States of America

Deepa Surendar

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, United States of America

Kavitha Reddy

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, United States of America

Fernando Velasquez

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, United States of America

Carol L. Chaffee

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Mei-Chong Wendy Lee

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Helen Gavrilova

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, United States of America

Hazel Ozuna

Affiliation Science and Technology Department, Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Samuel A. Smits

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, United States of America

Cleber C. Ouverney

cleber.ouverney@sjsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMD DEB JG MWL SAS CCO. Performed the experiments: JMD DEB JG DS KR FV CLC MWL HG HO SAS CCO. Analyzed the data: JMD DEB JG DS KR FV CLC MWL HG HO SAS CCO. Wrote the paper: JMD DEB JG DS KR FV CLC MWL HG HO SES CCO.