About the Authors

Maya D. Culbertson

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Zachary R. Lewis

Current address: Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Alexei V. Nechiporuk

nechipor@ohsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDC ZRL AVN. Performed the experiments: MDC ZRL AVN. Analyzed the data: MDC AVN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDC ZRL AVN. Wrote the paper: MDC AVN.