About the Authors

Jeremy Lundholm

jlundholm@smu.ca

Affiliation Biology Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

J. Scott MacIvor

Affiliation Biology Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Zachary MacDougall

Affiliation Biology Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Melissa Ranalli

Current address: Biology Department, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Affiliation Biology Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JTL MR. Performed the experiments: JSM ZM. Analyzed the data: JTL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JTL. Wrote the paper: JTL JSM ZM MR.