About the Authors

Michael L. Middlebrooks

mlmiddle@mail.usf.edu

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Sidney K. Pierce

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Susan S. Bell

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLM SKP SSB. Performed the experiments: MLM. Analyzed the data: MLM SKP SSB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLM SKP SSB. Wrote the paper: MLM SKP SSB.