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microPublication Biology

Moriah A. Adamson1*, Hailey M. Matsueda1*, Ava S.G. Shepp1*, Duy Linh Nguyen Tran1*, Noellani Shantel C. Aperocho1, Trinity S. Baek-Kim1, Ashley S. Dizon1, Makala A. Gibson1, Kalia M. Hendrickson1, Yen Nhu K. Lu1, Keira Mcnulty1, Mia S. Molina1, Elijah K. Neighbarger1, Amber Redwine1, Denise K. Takenaka1, Kyli N. Taketa1, Taylor A. Walker1, Cherise Spotkaeff2, Rin Wallace1, Stuart Donachie1, Alexander Culley2,3, and Megan L. Porter1§ORCID logo

1School of Life Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

2Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

3Biological Electron Microscope Facility, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

§Correspondence to: Megan L. Porter (mlporter@hawaii.edu)

* Authors have equal contribution

Abstract

Description

Acknowledgements

Conflicts of Interest

Funding

Author Contributions

  • Moriah A. Adamson: Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Investigation
  • Hailey M. Matsueda: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Ava S.G. Shepp: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Duy Linh Nguyen Tran: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Noellani Shantel C. Aperocho: Investigation
  • Trinity S. Baek-Kim: Investigation
  • Ashley S. Dizon: Investigation
  • Makala A. Gibson: Investigation
  • Kalia M. Hendrickson: Investigation
  • Yen Nhu K. Lu: Investigation
  • Keira Mcnulty: Investigation
  • Mia S. Molina: Investigation
  • Elijah K. Neighbarger: Investigation
  • Amber Redwine: Investigation
  • Denise K. Takenaka: Investigation
  • Kyli N. Taketa: Investigation
  • Taylor A. Walker: Investigation
  • Cherise Spotkaeff: Investigation, Validation
  • Rin Wallace: Investigation, Validation
  • Stuart Donachie: Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
  • Alexander Culley: Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
  • Megan L. Porter: Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Investigation, Writing - review & editing

Reviewed By

Maria Diane Gainey Dr., Dustin Edwards

History

  • Received: 11/20/2025
  • Revision Received: 3/12/2026
  • Accepted: 3/26/2026
  • 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

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microPublication Biology:ISSN: 2578-9430