About the Authors

Rachael V. Adams

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachael V. Adams, Theresa M. Burg

rachael.adams@uleth.ca

Affiliation University of Lethbridge, Department of Biological Sciences, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Theresa M. Burg

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachael V. Adams, Theresa M. Burg

Affiliation University of Lethbridge, Department of Biological Sciences, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

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