About the Authors

Patrick M. Barks

Affiliations Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Jean-Guy J. Godin

jgodin@carleton.ca

Affiliation Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PMB JGJG. Performed the experiments: PMB. Analyzed the data: PMB JGJG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JGJG. Wrote the manuscript: PMB JGJG.