About the Authors

Jun Kitano

jkitano@lab.nig.ac.jp

Affiliations Ecological Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan, Department of Genetics, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan, PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Yui Kawagishi

Affiliations Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Seiichi Mori

Affiliation Biological Laboratory, Gifu-keizai University, Ogaki, Gifu, Japan

Catherine L. Peichel

Affiliation Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Takashi Makino

Affiliation Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Masakado Kawata

Affiliation Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Makoto Kusakabe

Affiliation Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Chiba, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK CP TM M. Kawata M. Kusakabe. Performed the experiments: JK YK. Analyzed the data: JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK SM. Wrote the paper: JK.