About the Authors

Taylor F. Dawson

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Adrienne N. Boone

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Adriano Senatore

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Joshua Piticaru

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Shano Thiyagalingam

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Daniel Jackson

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, School of Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Angus Davison

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, School of Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

J. David Spafford

spafford@uwaterloo.ca

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

J. David Spafford is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. He also confirms that his Editorial Board membership with PLOS ONE does not alter his adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the PLOS guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TFD ANB AS JDS. Performed the experiments: TFD ANB AS JP ST JDS. Analyzed the data: TFD ANB AS JP ST DJ AD JDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJ AD JDS. Wrote the paper: TFD ANB AS JDS.