About the Authors

Neelakanteswar Aluru

Current address: Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

John F. Leatherland

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Mathilakath M. Vijayan

mvijayan@uwaterloo.ca

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NA JL MMV. Performed the experiments: NA. Analyzed the data: NA MMV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL MMV. Wrote the paper: NA JL MMV.