About the Authors

Karen E. Sears

ksears@life.illinois.edu

Affiliations School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Jennifer A. Maier

Affiliation School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Marcelo Rivas-Astroza

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Rachel Poe

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Sheng Zhong

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Kari Kosog

Affiliation School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Jonathan D. Marcot

Affiliation School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Richard R. Behringer

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Chris J. Cretekos

† Deceased.

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America

John J. Rasweiler IV

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Zoi Rapti

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KES ZR. Performed the experiments: KES JAM MRA RP SZ KK ZR. Analyzed the data: KES JAM MRA SZ ZR JDM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KES RRB CJC JJR. Wrote the paper: KES.