About the Authors

Karl J. Duffy

duffyk@tcd.ie

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Steven D. Johnson

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Craig I. Peter

Affiliation Department of Botany, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJD SDJ CIP. Performed the experiments: KJD CIP. Analyzed the data: KJD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SDJ CIP. Wrote the paper: KJD SDJ CIP.