About the Authors

Graham M. Hughes

Affiliations UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

Emma C. Teeling

emma.teeling@ucd.ie

Affiliation UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

Desmond G. Higgins

Affiliation UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GH DH ECT. Performed the experiments: GH. Analyzed the data: GH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ECT DH. Wrote the paper: GH ECT DH.