About the Authors

Ahmad N. Abou Tayoun

Affiliation Department of Biology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Claudio Pikielny

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Patrick J. Dolph

Patrick.Dolph@dartmouth.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAT PJD CWP. Performed the experiments: AAT. Analyzed the data: AAT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAT PJD CWP. Wrote the paper: AAT PJD.