About the Authors

Nadia Scantlebury

Contributed equally to this work with: Nadia Scantlebury, Xiao Li Zhao

Current address: Program in Neuroscience and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Affiliation Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Xiao Li Zhao

Contributed equally to this work with: Nadia Scantlebury, Xiao Li Zhao

Affiliation Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Verónica G. Rodriguez Moncalvo

Current address: Department of Biology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Alison Camiletti

Affiliation Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Stacy Zahanova

Current address: DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Affiliation Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Aidan Dineen

Current address: Department of Medical Genetics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Affiliation Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Ji-Hou Xin

Affiliation Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Ana Regina Campos

camposa@mcmaster.ca

Affiliation Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ARC. Performed the experiments: NS XLZ AC SZ AD. Analyzed the data: NS XLZ VGRM AC SZ AD ARC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VGRM JHX ARC. Wrote the paper: ARC.