About the Authors

Vinit B. Mahajan

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Jessica M. Skeie

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Alexander G. Bassuk

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

John H. Fingert

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Terry A. Braun

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Heather T. Daggett

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

James C. Folk

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Val C. Sheffield

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Edwin M. Stone

edwin-stone@uiowa.edu

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VBM JMS JHF TAB VCS EMS. Performed the experiments: VBM JMS JHF HTD VCS EMS. Analyzed the data: VBM JMS AGB JHF TAB HTD JCF VCS EMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VBM AGB TAB VCS EMS. Wrote the paper: VBM JMS VCS EMS. Medical examination of patients and phenotype ascertainment: VBM JCF EMS.