About the Authors

Coen P. H. Elemans

coen@biology.sdu.dk

Current address: Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Andrew F. Mead

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lawrence C. Rome

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Franz Goller

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FG CE AM LR. Performed the experiments: FG CE AM LR. Analyzed the data: FG CE AM LR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FG LR. Wrote the paper: FG CE AM LR.