About the Authors

Jean-Hugues B. Hatier

Current address: AgResearch Limited, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Michael J. Clearwater

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Kevin S. Gould

kevin.gould@vuw.ac.nz

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J-HBH KSG MJC. Performed the experiments: J-HBH MJC. Analyzed the data: J-HBH KSG MJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J-HBH KSG MJC. Wrote the manuscript: J-HBH KSG.