About the Authors

Anita Ciurciu

Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Louise Duncalf

Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Vincent Jonchere

Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Nick Lansdale

Current address: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Olga Vasieva

Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Peter Glenday

Affiliations Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Andreii Rudenko

Current address: Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Emese Vissi

Current address: Quintiles Hungary Ltd, Budapest, Hungary.

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Neville Cobbe

Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Luke Alphey

Current address: Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Daimark Bennett

daimark.bennett@liverpool.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AC LD VJ AR LA DB. Performed the experiments: AC LD NL PG AR EV DB. Analyzed the data: AC LD VJ OV NC DB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LA DB. Wrote the paper: DB. Revised and approved the final version: AC LD VJ NL OV PG AR EV NC LA DB.