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microPublication Biology

Zeel Desai1, Nathaniel Foret1, Skylar L. Godwin1, Harrison B. Huffmon1, Joseph Y. Kim1, Lily Y. McGuirt1, Shamanasia A. Richardson1, Jessica Robles Gonzalez1, Daune Signorelli1, Heven Siyum1, Anngiselle Vallejo1, Sarah R. Wigren1, Sharon K. Bullock1, Michelle B. Pass1, Ellen M. Wisner1ORCID logo, and Tonya C. Bates1§

1Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

§Correspondence to: Tonya C. Bates (tcbates@charlotte.edu)

Abstract

Description

Acknowledgements

Funding

Author Contributions

  • Zeel Desai: Writing - original draft, Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Nathaniel Foret: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Skylar L. Godwin: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Harrison B. Huffmon: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Joseph Y. Kim: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Lily Y. McGuirt: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Shamanasia A. Richardson: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Jessica Robles Gonzalez: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Daune Signorelli: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Heven Siyum: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Anngiselle Vallejo: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Sarah R. Wigren: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Sharon K. Bullock: Investigation, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
  • Michelle B. Pass: Investigation, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
  • Ellen M. Wisner: Investigation, Supervision, Writing - review & editing, Validation
  • Tonya C. Bates: Investigation, Supervision, Writing - review & editing, Validation

Reviewed By

Anonymous, Jamie Wallen

History

  • Received: 10/30/2025
  • Revision Received: 12/3/2025
  • Accepted: 12/15/2025
  • Published Online: 12/19/2025

Copyright

© 2025 by the authors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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The microPublication project is supported by

The National Institute of Health -- Grant #: 1U01LM012672-01

microPublication Biology:ISSN: 2578-9430