About the Authors

Zhenlong Cheng

Affiliation Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1B 3X9, Canada

Luke Bown

Affiliation Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1B 3X9, Canada

Kapil Tahlan

Affiliation Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1B 3X9, Canada

Dawn R. D. Bignell

dbignell@mun.ca

Affiliation Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1B 3X9, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DRDB ZC KT. Performed the experiments: ZC LB. Analyzed the data: ZC DRDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DRDB KT. Wrote the paper: ZC DRDB.