About the Authors

Thomas J. D. Coulson

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada

Cheryl L. Patten

pattenc@unb.ca

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TJDC CLP. Performed the experiments: TJDC. Analyzed the data: TJDC CLP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLP. Wrote the paper: TJDC CLP.