About the Authors

Geoffry N. De Iuliis

Affiliations ARC Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Rhiannon J. Newey

Affiliation School of Environmental and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Bruce V. King

Affiliation School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

R. John Aitken

jaitken@mail.newcastle.edu.au

Affiliations ARC Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GNDI RJA. Performed the experiments: GNDI RJN BVK. Analyzed the data: GNDI RJA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GNDI BVK RJA. Wrote the paper: GNDI RJA.