About the Authors

Ryan B Rountree

Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Michael Schoor

¤ Current address: ARTEMIS Pharmaceuticals, an Exelixis Company, Köln, Germany

Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Hao Chen

Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Melissa E Marks

Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Vincent Harley

Affiliation Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Yuji Mishina

Affiliation National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

David M Kingsley

Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no conflicts of interest exist.

Author Contributions

RBR, MS, and DMK conceived and designed the experiments. RBR and MEM performed the experiments. RBR, HC, and DMK analyzed the data. MS, HC, VH, and YM contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. RBR and DMK wrote the paper.