About the Authors

Wayne I. L. Davies

Affiliations School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia Oceans Institute and Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Boon-Hui Tay

Affiliation Comparative Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, Biopolis, Singapore

Lei Zheng

Affiliation Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Janine A. Danks

Affiliation Comparative Endocrinology and Biochemistry Laboratory, School of Medical Sciences, Health Innovations Research Institute, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Victoria, Australia

Sydney Brenner

Affiliation Comparative Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, Biopolis, Singapore

Russell G. Foster

Affiliation Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Shaun P. Collin

Affiliation School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia Oceans Institute and Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Mark W. Hankins

david.hunt@uwa.edu.au (DH); mcbbv@imcb.a-star.edu.sg (BV); mark.hankins@eye.ox.ac.uk (MWH)

Affiliation Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Byrappa Venkatesh

david.hunt@uwa.edu.au (DH); mcbbv@imcb.a-star.edu.sg (BV); mark.hankins@eye.ox.ac.uk (MWH)

Affiliation Comparative Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, Biopolis, Singapore

David M. Hunt

david.hunt@uwa.edu.au (DH); mcbbv@imcb.a-star.edu.sg (BV); mark.hankins@eye.ox.ac.uk (MWH)

Affiliation School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia Oceans Institute and Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors declare no competing financial interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WILD MWH BV DMH. Performed the experiments: WILD B-HT LZ. Analyzed the data: WILD B-HT LZ MWH BV DMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAD MWH BV DMH. Wrote the paper: WILD SB RGF SPC MWH BV DMH.