About the Authors

Mi Sun Cheong

Affiliation Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Angela Kirik

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, United States of America

Jung-Gun Kim

Affiliation Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Kenneth Frame

Affiliation Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Viktor Kirik

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, United States of America

Mary Beth Mudgett

mudgett@stanford.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSC AK JGK KF VK MBM. Performed the experiments: MSC AK JGK KF. Analyzed the data: MSC AK JGK KF VK MBM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSC AK JGK KF VK. Wrote the paper: MSC MBM. Edited manuscript: AK JGK KF VK.