About the Authors

Francis Hane

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Gary Tran

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Simon J. Attwood

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Zoya Leonenko

zleonenk@uwaterloo.ca

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

ZL is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FH ZL. Performed the experiments: FH GT SA. Analyzed the data: FH SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZL. Wrote the paper: FH GT SA ZL.