About the Authors
- Virgilio G. Ponferrada
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Affiliations The Visual Systems Group, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Divisions of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Jieqing Fan
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Affiliations The Visual Systems Group, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Divisions of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Molecular and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Jefferson E. Vallance
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Affiliations The Visual Systems Group, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Divisions of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Shengyong Hu
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Affiliations The Visual Systems Group, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Divisions of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Aygun Mamedova
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Affiliations The Visual Systems Group, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Divisions of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Scott A. Rankin
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Affiliation Divisions of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Matthew Kofron
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Affiliation Divisions of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Aaron M. Zorn
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Affiliation Divisions of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Rashmi S. Hegde
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* E-mail: Rashmi.Hegde@cchmc.org (RSH); Richard.Lang@cchmc.org (RAL)
Affiliations The Visual Systems Group, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Divisions of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Richard A. Lang
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* E-mail: Rashmi.Hegde@cchmc.org (RSH); Richard.Lang@cchmc.org (RAL)
Affiliations The Visual Systems Group, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Divisions of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Divisions of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Molecular and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: VGP RSH RAL. Performed the experiments: VGP JF JEV SH AM. Analyzed the data: VGP RSH RAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAR MK AMZ. Wrote the paper: VGP JF RSH RAL.