About the Authors

Lorraine M. McGill

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

Adam J. Shannon

Affiliations Department of Biology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland, Technology Sciences Group Europe LLP, Concordia House, St James Business Park, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5 8QB, United Kingdom

Davide Pisani

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences and School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, BS8 1UG, Bristol, United Kingdom

Marie-Anne Félix

Affiliation Institute of Biology of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, 46 rue d’Ulm, 75230 Paris cedex 05, France

Hans Ramløv

Affiliation Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, P.O.Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark

Ilona Dix

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

David A. Wharton

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand

Ann M. Burnell

ann.burnell@nuim.ie

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMB LMMcG AJS HR DAW. Performed the experiments: LMMcG AJS ID HR DAW. Analyzed the data: LMMcG AMB AJS ID DP DAW HR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAF AJS. Wrote the paper: AMB LMMcG DP.