About the Authors

Alexander T. Chesler

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Claire E. Le Pichon

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Jessica H. Brann

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Ricardo C. Araneda

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Dong-Jing Zou

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Stuart Firestein

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: sjf24@columbia.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SF AC DZ. Performed the experiments: AC CL JB RA. Analyzed the data: SF AC CL JB RA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC. Wrote the paper: SF AC DZ.