About the Authors

Neetha Nanoth Vellichirammal

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Anthony J. Zera

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Rudolf J. Schilder

Affiliation Department of Biology, Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Cody Wehrkamp

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Jean-Jack M. Riethoven

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America, Bioinformatics Core Research Facility, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Jennifer A. Brisson

jennifer.brisson@gmail.com

Current address: Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NNV AJZ JAB. Performed the experiments: NNV CW. Analyzed the data: NNV AJZ RJS JMR JAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJZ JAB. Wrote the paper: NNV AJZ RJS JMR JAB.