About the Authors

Ron Strohmeyer

rwstrohmeyer@nnu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho, United States of America

Jadd Shelton

Affiliation Department of Biology, Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho, United States of America

Christopher Lougheed

Affiliation Department of Biology, Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho, United States of America

Trisia Breitkopf

Affiliation Department of Biology, Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS. Performed the experiments: RS JS CL TB. Analyzed the data: RS JS CL TB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS JS CL TB. Wrote the paper: RS TB.