About the Authors

Florante Ricarte

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Rosa Menjivar

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Surya Chhun

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Tattika Soreta

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Lisa Oliveira

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Teli Hsueh

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Maribeth Serranilla

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Editte Gharakhanian

eghara@csulb.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EG. Performed the experiments: FR RM SC TS MS TH LO EG. Analyzed the data: EG FR RM SC TS LO TH MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EG. Wrote the paper: FR EG.