About the Authors

Laura Reithmeier

Affiliation Biology Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Gavin Kernaghan

gavin.kernaghan@msvu.ca

Affiliation Biology Department, Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

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