About the Authors

Tomonori Tsunoda

ttsunoda@tmu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Naoki Kachi

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Jun-Ichirou Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TT JIS. Performed the experiments: TT. Analyzed the data: TT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TT JIS. Wrote the paper: TT JIS. Provided editorial advice: NK.