About the Authors

Ryan H. Berry

Affiliation Harvard Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA 02114, United States of America

Juan Qu

Affiliation Harvard Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA 02114, United States of America

Simon W. M. John

Affiliations The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME, United States of America, The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America

Gareth R. Howell

Tatjana_Jakobs@meei.harvard.edu (TJ); Gareth.Howell@jax.org (GH)

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME, United States of America

Tatjana C. Jakobs

Tatjana_Jakobs@meei.harvard.edu (TJ); Gareth.Howell@jax.org (GH)

Affiliation Harvard Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA 02114, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB GH TJ. Performed the experiments: RB JQ. Analyzed the data: RB TJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJ. Wrote the paper: RB GH TJ.