About the Authors

Luca Ciandrini

l.ciandrini@abdn.ac.uk

Affiliation SUPA, Institute for Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology, King's College, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Ian Stansfield

Contributed equally to this work with: Ian Stansfield, M. Carmen Romano

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

M. Carmen Romano

Contributed equally to this work with: Ian Stansfield, M. Carmen Romano

Affiliations SUPA, Institute for Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology, King's College, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC IS MCR. Performed the experiments: LC IS MCR. Analyzed the data: LC IS MCR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC IS MCR. Wrote the paper: LC IS MCR.