About the Authors

Andrew K. Turner

a.k.turner@liverpool.ac.uk

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

Mike Begon

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

Joseph A. Jackson

Affiliations Institute of Integrative Biology, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Institute of Biological, Environmental, and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

Janette E. Bradley

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

Steve Paterson

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SP MB JEB. Performed the experiments: AKT JAJ. Analyzed the data: AKT JAJ SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SP MB JEB. Wrote the paper: AKT SP. Contribution to writing the manuscript: MB JAJ JEB.