Abigail Forrest1*, Maria Longenecker1*, Marciella V. Shallomita1, Elaine Miranda Perez1, Savanna Hinson2, Jay Hirsh3
, B. Jill Venton4, and Jeffrey M. Copeland4,5§
1Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA, US
2University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, US
3Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, US
4Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, US
5Biology, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA, US
§Correspondence to: Jeffrey M. Copeland (jeffrey.copeland@emu.edu)
* Authors have equal contribution
Abstract
Description
Methods
Reagents
Acknowledgements
Funding
Author Contributions
- Abigail Forrest: Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing - review & editing
- Maria Longenecker: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - review & editing
- Marciella V. Shallomita: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - review & editing
- Elaine Miranda Perez: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - review & editing
- Savanna Hinson: Investigation
- Jay Hirsh: Resources, Writing - review & editing
- B. Jill Venton: Resources
- Jeffrey M. Copeland: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing - original draft
Reviewed By
Anonymous
Nomenclature Validated By
Anonymous
History
- Received: 1/22/2026
- Revision Received: 2/5/2026
- Accepted: 2/27/2026
- Published Online: 2/27/2026
Copyright
© 2026 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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