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§
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)
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