About the Authors

Helen L. Wright

Contributed equally to this work with: Helen L. Wright, Huw B. Thomas

Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Huw B. Thomas

Contributed equally to this work with: Helen L. Wright, Huw B. Thomas

Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Robert J. Moots

Affiliation Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University Hospital Aintree, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Steven W. Edwards

s.w.edwards@liv.ac.uk (SWE)

Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HLW HBT SWE. Performed the experiments: HLW HBT. Analyzed the data: HLW HBT. Wrote the paper: HLW HBT RJM SWE.