Statement of Authorship. All work presented in this thesis is my own except where acknowledged in the text. All investigations were carried out by me, as first author, in collaboration with colleagues included in the author lists at the start of each chapter. Chapter-specific author contributions are described below. Data collection for the samples used across all chapters were completed by the respective research teams prior to my involvement. IB and TM conceived and designed the investigation. TM and EME developed models for use in the analyses. IB carried out statistical analyses with support from TM. XX drafted and revised the manuscript, and all co-authors critically reviewed the manuscript.
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Statement of Authorship. Xxxxxx was responsible for study design, data collec- tion, data analysis and interpretation, and drafted the final manuscript. X. Xxxxxxx contributed to the study design, data collection and helped to critically revise the paper. X. Xxxxxx contributed to conception and design of this paper and helped to critically revise the paper. X. Xxxxxx agrees to be fully accountable for ensuring the integrity and accuracy of the work. All authors read and approved final manuscript.
Statement of Authorship. This statement acknowledges that each undersigned author has made a substantial contribution to the manuscript and is willing to take public responsibility for its contents. Author(s) attest that all persons designated as authors qualify for authorship. The corresponding author takes responsibility for the integrity of the work and the published article.
