About the Authors

Michael Edgehouse

mjedgehouse@lcsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Natural Science and Mathematics, Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America

Leigh C. Latta IV

Affiliation Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Edmund D. Brodie III

Affiliation Department of Biology and Mountain Lake Biological Station, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Edmund D. Brodie Jr

Affiliation Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ME LCLIV EDBIII EDBJr. Performed the experiments: ME LCLIV EDBIII EDBJr. Analyzed the data: ME LCLIV EDBIII EDBJr. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ME LCLIV EDBIII EDBJr. Wrote the paper: ME LCLIV EDBIII EDBJr.