About the Authors

Rami M. Sawalha

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rami.sawalha@sac.ac.uk

Affiliation Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Susan Brotherstone

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Joanne Conington

Affiliation Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Beatriz Villanueva

Affiliation Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC BV. Performed the experiments: RS SB BV. Analyzed the data: RS SB. Wrote the paper: RS.