About the Authors

Philip G. Cox

philip.cox@hyms.ac.uk

Affiliation Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

Emily J. Rayfield

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Michael J. Fagan

Affiliation Department of Engineering, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

Anthony Herrel

Affiliation Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Todd C. Pataky

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Shinshu University, Ueda, Japan

Nathan Jeffery

Affiliation Department of Musculoskeletal 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: PGC EJR MJF NJ. Performed the experiments: PGC MJF AH. Analyzed the data: PGC EJR MJF AH TCP NJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EJR MJF AH TCP NJ. Wrote the paper: PGC EJR MJF AH TCP NJ.