About the Authors

Seth R Bordenstein

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: sbordenstein@mbl.edu

Affiliation Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michelle L Marshall

Affiliation Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Adam J Fry

¤ Current address: University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Affiliation Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ulandt Kim

Affiliation Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jennifer J Wernegreen

Affiliation Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

SRB and JJW conceived and designed the experiments. SRB, MLM, AJF, UK, and JJW performed the experiments. SRB, MLM, and AJF analyzed the data. SRB and JJW contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. SRB, MLM, and JJW wrote the paper.