About the Authors

Nyresa C. Alves

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Craig D. C. Bailey

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Raad Nashmi

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Evelyn K. Lambe

evelyn.lambe@utoronto.ca

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NCA CDCB EKL. Performed the experiments: NCA CDCB. Analyzed the data: NCA CDCB EKL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RN EKL. Wrote the paper: NCA CDCB RN EKL.