About the Authors

Mathilde Paris

thildeparis@gmail.com (MP); selott@ucdavis.edu (SEL)

Current address: Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7288, Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille, Marseille, France

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Jacqueline E. Villalta

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Michael B. Eisen

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Susan E. Lott

thildeparis@gmail.com (MP); selott@ucdavis.edu (SEL)

Affiliation Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Author Michael B. Eisen is a cofounder and member of the Board of Directors of PLOS.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP MBE SEL. Performed the experiments: MP JEV SEL. Analyzed the data: MP SEL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MBE. Wrote the paper: MP SEL.