About the Authors

Koji Fujimura

Current address: Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, The Jikei University, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Matthew A. Conte

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Thomas D. Kocher

tdk@umd.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KF TDK. Performed the experiments: KF. Analyzed the data: KF MAC. Wrote the paper: KF TDK.