About the Authors

Debbie McLaggan

Contributed equally to this work with: Debbie McLaggan, Cristina Lagido

d.mclaggan@abdn.ac.uk (DM); c.lagido@abdn.ac.uk (CL)

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Maria R. Amezaga

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Eleni Petra

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Andrew Frost

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Elizabeth I. Duff

Affiliation Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Stewart M. Rhind

Affiliation The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Paul A. Fowler

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

L. Anne Glover

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Cristina Lagido

Contributed equally to this work with: Debbie McLaggan, Cristina Lagido

d.mclaggan@abdn.ac.uk (DM); c.lagido@abdn.ac.uk (CL)

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM CL MRA. Performed the experiments: DM CL MRA EP AF. Analyzed the data: EID DM CL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PAF LAG SMR EID. Wrote the paper: DM CL. Technical and scientific discussion: DM CL MRA LAG SMR PAF EID. Critical review of manuscript for important intellectual content: SMR MRA PAF EID DM CL.