About the Authors

Konrad Noben-Trauth

nobentk@nidcd.nih.gov

Affiliation Section on Neurogenetics, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Joseph R. Latoche

Affiliation Section on Neurogenetics, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Harold R. Neely

Affiliation Section on Neurogenetics, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Beth Bennett

Affiliation Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KNT. Performed the experiments: KNT JRL HN. Analyzed the data: KNT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB. Wrote the paper: KNT.