Fiori, Lorenzo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0806-0046
Orbach, Dara N.
Gu, Shuai
Sánchez-Contreras, Guillermo J.
Walker, Krysta
Lin, Yajuan
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science Foundation
Texas A and M University System
Article History
Received: 17 February 2026
Accepted: 25 August 2026
First Online: 31 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This project was reviewed by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and Institutional Biosafety Committee of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC-IACUC-2024-0073, TAMU-CC-IBC-2024-0068). The facilities participating to this study adhered to federal regulations under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) and the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), and were regularly inspected by U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS).
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.