About the Authors

W. Scott Persons IV

persons@ualberta.ca

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

Philip J. Currie

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

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