About the Authors

Kevin Pang

Affiliation Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Joseph F. Ryan

Affiliation Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Andreas D. Baxevanis

Affiliation Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mark Q. Martindale

mqmartin@hawaii.edu

Affiliation Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KP JFR ADB MQM. Performed the experiments: KP. Analyzed the data: KP JFR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KP. Wrote the paper: KP MQM.