About the Authors

Niamh C. Nowlan

nowlann@tcd.ie

Affiliations Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Patrick J. Prendergast

Affiliation Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Paula Murphy

Affiliation Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NCN PJP PM. Performed the experiments: NCN PM. Analyzed the data: NCN PJP PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NCN PJP PM. Wrote the paper: NCN PJP PM.