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microPublication Biology

Sofia Sileo1*, Daniela Lopez Llorens1*, Alaina Bowers1*, Trisha Chhabra1*, Natalie Clark1*, Himani Gangumolu1*, Lucy Gast1*, Madison Gicale1*, Vidhi Grover1*, Roby Hardesty1*, Kaylee Hutchison1*, Sanam Krishnani1*, Landon Patton1*, Logan Robinson1*, Ash Sheehan1*, Shelby Spencer1*, Nicholas Sugimoto1*, Simon Sy1*, Sophia Thomas1*, Claire A. Rinehart1, and Rodney A. King1§ORCID logo

1Biological Sciences, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, United States

§Correspondence to: Rodney A. King (rodney.king@wku.edu)

* Authors have equal contribution

Abstract

Description

Acknowledgements

Conflicts of Interest

Funding

Author Contributions

  • Sofia Sileo: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Daniela Lopez Llorens: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Alaina Bowers: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Trisha Chhabra: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Natalie Clark: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Himani Gangumolu: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Lucy Gast: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Madison Gicale: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Vidhi Grover: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Roby Hardesty: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Kaylee Hutchison: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Sanam Krishnani: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Landon Patton: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Logan Robinson: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Ash Sheehan: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Shelby Spencer: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Nicholas Sugimoto: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Simon Sy: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Sophia Thomas: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
  • Claire A. Rinehart: Supervision, Investigation, Validation, Writing - review & editing
  • Rodney A. King: Supervision, Investigation, Validation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing

Reviewed By

Anonymous

History

  • Received: 6/18/2026
  • Revision Received: 8/4/2026
  • Accepted: 8/7/2026
  • Published Online: 8/11/2026

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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