About the Authors

Claire Glister

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Leanne Satchell

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Anthony E. Michael

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Sciences, St George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom

Andrew B. Bicknell

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Philip G. Knight

p.g.knight@reading.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CG AEM PGK. Performed the experiments: CG LS PGK. Analyzed the data: CG PGK ABB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AEM ABB LS. Wrote the paper: CG PGK AEM LS.