About the Authors

Stacey Hokke

Affiliation Development and Stem Cells Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, and Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Victor G. Puelles

Affiliation Development and Stem Cells Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, and Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

James A. Armitage

Affiliations Development and Stem Cells Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, and Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, School of Medicine (Optometry), Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia

Karen Fong

Affiliation Development and Stem Cells Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, and Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

John F. Bertram

Affiliation Development and Stem Cells Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, and Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Luise A. Cullen-McEwen

luise.cullen-mcewen@monash.edu

Affiliation Development and Stem Cells Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, and Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH VGP JAA JFB LACM. Performed the experiments: SH KF. Analyzed the data: SH VGP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LACM. Wrote the paper: SH. Revised the article’s intellectual content and approved the final version: SH VGP JAA KF JFB LACM.