About the Authors

Randy S. Daughters

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Daniel L. Tuttle

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Wangcai Gao

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Yoshio Ikeda

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Melinda L. Moseley

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Timothy J. Ebner

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Maurice S. Swanson

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Laura P. W. Ranum

ranum001@umn.edu

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSD DLT WG YI TJE MSS LPWR. Performed the experiments: RSD DLT WG YI. Analyzed the data: RSD DLT WG YI TJE MSS LPWR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLM TJE MSS LPWR. Wrote the paper: RSD TJE MSS LPWR.