About the Authors

Didem Göz Aytürk

Current address: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Ana Maria Castrucci

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

David E. Carr

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Susanna R. Keller

Affiliation Department of Medicine—Division of Endocrinology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Ignacio Provencio

ip7m@virginia.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DGA IP. Performed the experiments: DGA AMC. Analyzed the data: DGA AMC DEC SRK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRK. Wrote the paper: DGA IP.