About the Authors

Penny F. Langhammer

penny.langhammer@asu.edu

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Karen R. Lips

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Patricia A. Burrowes

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Tate Tunstall

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Crystal M. Palmer

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

James P. Collins

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PFL KRL PAB JPC. Performed the experiments: PFL CMP. Analyzed the data: PFL TT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KRL PAB. Wrote the manuscript: PFL JPC.