About the Authors

Robert W. Meredith

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America, Department of Biology and Molecular Biology, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, United States of America

John Gatesy

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Christopher A. Emerling

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Vincent M. York

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Mark S. Springer

mark.springer@ucr.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSS RWM JG. Performed the experiments: RWM CAE VMY MSS. Analyzed the data: RWM JG MSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG MSS RWM. Wrote the paper: MSS JG RWM. Provided comments on manuscript: CAE VMY.