About the Authors

Amy E. Ikui

AIkui@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Valentina Rossio

Affiliation Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lea Schroeder

Affiliation Department of Biology, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Satoshi Yoshida

Affiliation Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AEI. Performed the experiments: AEI VR LS. Analyzed the data: AEI SY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AEI SY. Wrote the paper: AEI SY. Designed experiment for Figure 1D: SY. Created figures: AEI VR.