About the Authors

Laura W. Grunert

Affiliation Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States of America

Jameson W. Clarke

Affiliation Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States of America

Chaarushi Ahuja

Affiliation Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States of America

Harish Eswaran

Affiliation Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States of America

H. Frederik Nijhout

hfn@duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HFN. Performed the experiments: LWG JWC CA HE HFN. Analyzed the data: HFN JWC HE CA. Wrote the paper: HFN LWG JWC CA HE.