About the Authors

Gwendoline Deslyper

Affiliation Department of Biology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland

Thomas J. Colgan

Affiliation School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Andrew J. R. Cooper

Affiliation Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Celia V. Holland

Affiliation Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

James C. Carolan

james.c.carolan@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CVH TJC. Performed the experiments: GD TJC AJRC JCC. Analyzed the data: GD JCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CVH JCC. Wrote the paper: GD TJC AJRC CVH JCC.