About the Authors

Tamara N. Romanuk

tromanuk@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Richard J. Vogt

Affiliation Département des sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Angela Young

Affiliation Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Constance Tuck

Affiliation Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Mather W. Carscallen

Affiliation Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TNR. Performed the experiments: AY CT. Analyzed the data: TNR RJV AY MWC. Wrote the paper: TNR RJV.