About the Authors

Larry J. Dishaw

Contributed equally to this work with: Larry J. Dishaw, Jaime Flores-Torres, Simon Lax

ldishaw@health.usf.edu

Affiliation Division of Molecular Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida College of Medicine, USF Health, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

Jaime Flores-Torres

Contributed equally to this work with: Larry J. Dishaw, Jaime Flores-Torres, Simon Lax

Affiliation Division of Neonatology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, USF Health, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

Simon Lax

Contributed equally to this work with: Larry J. Dishaw, Jaime Flores-Torres, Simon Lax

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Kristina Gemayel

Affiliation Post-Baccalaureate Program in Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Brittany Leigh

Affiliation College of Marine Sciences, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

Daniela Melillo

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Evolution, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy

M. Gail Mueller

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

Lenina Natale

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Evolution, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy

Ivana Zucchetti

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Evolution, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy

Rosaria De Santis

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Evolution, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy

Maria Rosaria Pinto

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Evolution, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy

Gary W. Litman

Affiliation Division of Molecular Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida College of Medicine, USF Health, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

Jack A. Gilbert

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratories, University of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJD JFT SL RDS MRP GWL JAG. Performed the experiments: LJD JFT SL KG BL DM MGM LN IZ. Analyzed the data: LJD JFT SL KG JAG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL DM MGM LN IZ RDS MRP JAG. Wrote the paper: LJD JFT SL RDS MRP GWL JAG.