About the Authors

Tony Gamble

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Eli Greenbaum

Current address: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Todd R. Jackman

Affiliation Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Anthony P. Russell

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University Department of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Aaron M. Bauer

aaron.bauer@villanova.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TG AMB TRJ. Performed the experiments: TG EG. Analyzed the data: TG EG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMB APR TRJ. Wrote the paper: TG APR AMB.