About the Authors

Aaron W. Kolb

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Cécile Ané

Affiliations Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Curtis R. Brandt

crbrandt@wisc.edu

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, McPherson Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Aaron W. Kolb Cecile Ane Curtis R. Brandt. Performed the experiments: Aaron W. Kolb Cecile Ane Curtis R. Brandt. Analyzed the data: Aaron W. Kolb Cecile Ane Curtis R. Brandt. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Aaron W. Kolb Cecile Ane Curtis R. Brandt. Wrote the paper: Aaron W. Kolb Cecile Ane Curtis R. Brandt.