About the Authors

Jane E. Dorweiler

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Ting Ni

Current address: State Key Laboratory of Genetics Engineering and MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China

Affiliation DNA Sequencing and Genomics Core, Genetics and Development Biology Center, National Institutes of Health, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jun Zhu

Affiliation DNA Sequencing and Genomics Core, Genetics and Development Biology Center, National Institutes of Health, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Stephen H. Munroe

james.anderson@marquette.edu (JTA); Stephen.munroe@marquette.edu (SHM)

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

James T. Anderson

james.anderson@marquette.edu (JTA); Stephen.munroe@marquette.edu (SHM)

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JED TN JZ SHM JTA. Performed the experiments: JED TN SHM. Analyzed the data: JED TN SHM JTA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JED TN JZ SHM JTA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JED JTA.