About the Authors

MyungSook Kim

Affiliation George Mason University, The Krasnow Institute for Advanced Studies, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

Ted Huang

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ted Abel

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kim T. Blackwell

kblackw1@gmu.edu

Affiliation George Mason University, The Krasnow Institute for Advanced Studies, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK TA KTB. Performed the experiments: MK TH KTB. Analyzed the data: MK TH TA KTB. Wrote the paper: MK TH TA KTB.