About the Authors

Emeli M. Nilsson

Contributed equally to this work with: Emeli M. Nilsson, Hernan P. Fainberg

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, United Kingdom

Hernan P. Fainberg

Contributed equally to this work with: Emeli M. Nilsson, Hernan P. Fainberg

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, United Kingdom

Siew S. Choong

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, United Kingdom

Thomas C. Giles

Affiliation Advanced Data Analysis Centre, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, United Kingdom

James Sells

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, United Kingdom

Sean May

Affiliation The Nottingham Arabidopsis Stock Centre, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, United Kingdom

Fiona J. Stansfield

Affiliation The Elephant Research and Conservation Unit, Savé Valley Conservancy, Harare, Zimbabwe

William R. Allen

Affiliation The Paul Mellon Laboratory, “Brunswick,” Woodditton Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Richard D. Emes

richard.emes@nottingham.ac.uk (RDE); alison.mostyn@nottingham.ac.uk (AM); nigel.mongan@nottingham.ac.uk (NPM); lisa.yon@nottingham.ac.uk (LY)

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, United Kingdom, Advanced Data Analysis Centre, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, United Kingdom

Alison Mostyn

richard.emes@nottingham.ac.uk (RDE); alison.mostyn@nottingham.ac.uk (AM); nigel.mongan@nottingham.ac.uk (NPM); lisa.yon@nottingham.ac.uk (LY)

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, United Kingdom

Nigel P. Mongan

richard.emes@nottingham.ac.uk (RDE); alison.mostyn@nottingham.ac.uk (AM); nigel.mongan@nottingham.ac.uk (NPM); lisa.yon@nottingham.ac.uk (LY)

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, United Kingdom

Lisa Yon

richard.emes@nottingham.ac.uk (RDE); alison.mostyn@nottingham.ac.uk (AM); nigel.mongan@nottingham.ac.uk (NPM); lisa.yon@nottingham.ac.uk (LY)

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NM AM RE LY. Performed the experiments: EN HF SM JS. Analyzed the data: RE NM SC AM HF TG. Wrote the paper: NM AM EN HF SC LY. Performed sample collection and arranged shipment: WRA FS.