About the Authors

Matthew F. Bonnan

Matthew.Bonnan@stockton.edu

Affiliation Biology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Galloway, New Jersey, United States of America

D. Ray Wilhite

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Alabama, United States of America

Simon L. Masters

Affiliation Beaumont School, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United States of America

Adam M. Yates

Affiliation Museum of Central Australia, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, Australia

Christine K. Gardner

Current address: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, South Dakota, United States of America

Affiliation Dept. Biological Sciences, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, United States of America

Adam Aguiar

Affiliation Biology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Galloway, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MFB. Performed the experiments: MFB DRW SLM AMY CKG. Analyzed the data: MFB SLM CKG AA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MFB DRW SLM AMY CKG. Wrote the paper: MFB AA.