About the Authors

A. Francina Webster

Affiliations Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Department of Biology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada

Nikolai Chepelev

Affiliation Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Rémi Gagné

Affiliation Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Byron Kuo

Affiliation Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Leslie Recio

Affiliation Integrated Laboratory Systems Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Andrew Williams

Affiliation Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Carole L. Yauk

Carole.Yauk@hc-sc.gc.ca

Current address: Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Tunney's Pasture, 50 Columbine Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Affiliation Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Competing Interests

LR is an employee of ILS. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AFW RG NC AW CLY. Performed the experiments: AFW LR. Analyzed the data: AFW RG BK AW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLY LR. Wrote the paper: AFW NC RG BK AW CLY.