About the Authors

Jeanne M. Rhea

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Christian Wegener

Affiliation Emmy Noether Neuropeptide Group, Department of Animal Physiology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany

Michael Bender

mbender@nigms.nih.gov

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMR CW MB. Performed the experiments: JMR CW. Analyzed the data: JMR CW MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMR CW. Wrote the paper: JMR CW MB.