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microPublication Biology

Ashtyn  Stock1*, Sarah Pritchard1*, Shelby Stone1*, Kinley Shelton1*, Emme Clowdus1*, Emily Doughtery1*, Sallie Hicks1*, Annabelle  McDaniel1*, Kelsey Towle1*, Hannah Joseph1*, Kati Pourfarzib1*, Michael Baker1*, William Myers1*, Jadin Allen1*, Sydney Kruger1*, Kevin Perez1*, Jessie Holsombeck1*, Lori West1*, Dana Perry1*, and Joseph Daft1§*

1Natural Sciences, Lee University, Cleveland, Tennessee, United States

§Correspondence to: Joseph Daft (jdaft@leeuniversity.edu)

* Authors have equal contribution

Abstract

Description

Acknowledgements

Conflicts of Interest

Funding

Author Contributions

  • Ashtyn  Stock: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Sarah Pritchard: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Shelby Stone: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Kinley Shelton: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Emme Clowdus: Writing - original draft
  • Emily Doughtery: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Sallie Hicks: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Annabelle  McDaniel: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Kelsey Towle: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Hannah Joseph: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Kati Pourfarzib: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Michael Baker: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • William Myers: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Jadin Allen: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Sydney Kruger: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Kevin Perez: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Jessie Holsombeck: Validation, Writing - review & editing
  • Lori West: Validation, Writing - review & editing
  • Dana Perry: Investigation, Visualization
  • Joseph Daft: Validation, Writing - review & editing

Reviewed By

Maria Diane Gainey Dr., Dustin Edwards

History

  • Received: 11/18/2025
  • Revision Received: 3/13/2026
  • Accepted: 3/27/2026
  • Published Online: 3/31/2026

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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The microPublication project is supported by

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

microPublication Biology:ISSN: 2578-9430