About the Authors

Shimako Kawauchi

Contributed equally to this work with: Shimako Kawauchi, Anne L. Calof

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Developmental Biology Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Center for Hearing Research, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Anne L. Calof

Contributed equally to this work with: Shimako Kawauchi, Anne L. Calof

alcalof@uci.edu (ALC); adlander@uci.edu (ADL)

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Developmental Biology Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Center for Hearing Research, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Rosaysela Santos

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Developmental Biology Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Martha E. Lopez-Burks

Affiliations Developmental Biology Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Clint M. Young

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Developmental Biology Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Michelle P. Hoang

Affiliations Developmental Biology Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Abigail Chua

Affiliations Developmental Biology Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Taotao Lao

Affiliation Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mark S. Lechner

Affiliation Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jeremy A. Daniel

Affiliation National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Andre Nussenzweig

Affiliation National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Leonard Kitzes

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Center for Hearing Research, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Kyoko Yokomori

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Benedikt Hallgrimsson

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Arthur D. Lander

alcalof@uci.edu (ALC); adlander@uci.edu (ADL)

Affiliations Developmental Biology Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK ALC MSL JAD LK BH ADL. Performed the experiments: SK ALC RS MELB CMY MPH TL JAD AN LK BH ADL. Analyzed the data: SK ALC RS MELB MPH AC LK BH ADL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KY. Wrote the paper: SK ALC ADL.