About the Authors

David A. Gold

Current address: Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biolology. University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Nagayasu Nakanishi

Current address: School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biolology. University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Nicholai M. Hensley

Current address: Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology. University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biolology. University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Kira Cozzolino

Current address: School of Biological Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biolology. University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Mariam Tabatabaee

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biolology. University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Michelle Martin

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biolology. University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Volker Hartenstein

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology. University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

David K. Jacobs

djacobs@ucla.edu

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biolology. University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAG NN VH DKJ. Performed the experiments: DAG NN NMH KC MT MM. Analyzed the data: DAG NN DKJ. Wrote the paper: DAG DKJ.