About the Authors

Casandra Lyons

Affiliation Biology Department, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nicole Raustad

Current address: Biomedical Division, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Biology Department, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mario A. Bustos

Affiliation Biology Department, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael Shiaris

michael.shiaris@umb.edu

Affiliation Biology Department, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL MS. Performed the experiments: CL NR MAB. Analyzed the data: CL MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS. Wrote the paper: CL MS.