About the Authors

Yuki Matsuba

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Jiachen Zi

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

A. Daniel Jones

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Reuben J. Peters

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Eran Pichersky

lelx@umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YM EP. Performed the experiments: YM. Analyzed the data: YM ADJ EP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JZ ADJ RJP. Wrote the paper: YM RJP EP.