About the Authors

Ryan C. Thompson

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Iosif Vardinogiannis

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Thomas D. Gilmore

gilmore@bu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RCT TDG. Performed the experiments: RCT IV. Analyzed the data: RCT TDG. Wrote the paper: RCT TDG.