About the Authors

Julie A. Meachen

julie.meachen@dmu.edu

Affiliation Des Moines University, Anatomy Department, Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America

Adrianna C. Janowicz

Affiliation Des Moines University, Anatomy Department, Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America

Jori E. Avery

Affiliation Des Moines University, Anatomy Department, Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America

Rudyard W. Sadleir

Affiliation Saint Xavier University, Department of Biological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAM. Performed the experiments: JAM ACJ JEA. Analyzed the data: JAM ACJ JEA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RWS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JAM RWS.