About the Authors

Maitreyi Agarwal

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Manuel Giannoni Guzmán

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Carla Morales-Matos

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Rafael Alejandro Del Valle Díaz

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Charles I. Abramson

Affiliation Laboratory of Behavioral Biology and Comparative Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Tugrul Giray

tgiray2@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA TG CA. Performed the experiments: MA MGG CM-M RDVD TG. Analyzed the data: MA MGG CM-M RDVD TG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TG CA. Wrote the paper: MA MGG TG CA.