About the Authors

Laura R. Serbus

lserbus@fiu.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Pamela M. White

Affiliation Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Jessica Pintado Silva

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Amanda Rabe

Affiliation Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Luis Teixeira

Affiliation Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

Roger Albertson

Affiliation Biology Department, Albion College, Albion, Michigan, United States of America

William Sullivan

Affiliation Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LRS PMW JPS AR LT RA WS. Performed the experiments: LRS PMW JPS AR LT RA. Analyzed the data: LRS PMW JPS AR LT RA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LRS LT WS. Wrote the paper: LRS PMW JPS LT RA WS.