About the Authors
- Mieke C. Zwart
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Affiliation Newcastle University, School of Biology, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Andrew Baker
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Affiliation Baker Consultants Ltd, Matlock, United Kingdom
- Philip J. K. McGowan
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Contributed equally to this work with: Philip J. K. McGowan, Mark J. Whittingham
Affiliation Newcastle University, School of Biology, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Mark J. Whittingham
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Contributed equally to this work with: Philip J. K. McGowan, Mark J. Whittingham
* E-mail: mark.whittingham@newcastle.ac.uk
Affiliation Newcastle University, School of Biology, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. One of the authors, Andrew Baker, is employed by Baker Consultants Ltd. This does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MZ AB PM MW. Performed the experiments: MZ. Analyzed the data: MZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB. Wrote the paper: MZ AB PM MW.