About the Authors

Damiana F. Ravasi

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

Mannus J. O’Riain

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

Faezah Davids

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

Nicola Illing

Nicola.Illing@uct.ac.za

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJO NI DFR. Performed the experiments: DFR FD NI. Analyzed the data: NI DFR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJO. Wrote the paper: NI DFR MJO.