About the Authors

Daniel J. Modulevsky

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel J. Modulevsky, Charles M. Cuerrier

Affiliations Centre for Interdisciplinary NanoPhysics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Charles M. Cuerrier

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel J. Modulevsky, Charles M. Cuerrier

Affiliations Centre for Interdisciplinary NanoPhysics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Andrew E. Pelling

a@pellinglab.net.

Affiliations Centre for Interdisciplinary NanoPhysics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Institute for Science, Society and Policy, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, SymbioticA, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth WA 6009, Australia

Competing Interests

Andrew E. Pelling is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. The authors explicitly state herein that, by acting as a member of the editorial board of PLOS ONE, 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: DJM CMC AEP. Performed the experiments: DJM CMC AEP. Analyzed the data: DJM CMC AEP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJM CMC AEP. Wrote the paper: DJM CMC AEP.