About the Authors

Biyun Ching

Contributed equally to this work with: Biyun Ching, Jia M. Woo

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore, 117543, Republic of Singapore

Jia M. Woo

Contributed equally to this work with: Biyun Ching, Jia M. Woo

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore, 117543, Republic of Singapore

Kum C. Hiong

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore, 117543, Republic of Singapore

Mel V. Boo

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore, 117543, Republic of Singapore

Celine Y. L. Choo

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore, 117543, Republic of Singapore

Wai P. Wong

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore, 117543, Republic of Singapore

Shit F. Chew

Affiliation Natural Sciences and Science Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore, 637616, Republic of Singapore

Yuen K. Ip

dbsipyk@nus.edu.sg

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore, 117543, Republic of Singapore, The Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore, 119227, Republic of Singapore

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YKI SFC. Performed the experiments: BC JMW KCH MVB CYLC SFC. Analyzed the data: BC JMW KCH SFC YKI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WPW. Wrote the paper: BC JMW KCH SFC YKI.