About the Authors

Michael C. Nelson

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Hilary G. Morrison

Affiliation Josephine Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jacquelynn Benjamino

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Sharon L. Grim

Affiliation Josephine Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joerg Graf

joerg.graf@uconn.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCN HGM JG. Performed the experiments: MCN JB SLG. Analyzed the data: MCN JB. Wrote the paper: MCN HGM JB JG.