About the Authors

Martina S. Müller

Affiliation Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Julius F. Brennecke

Affiliation Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Watson School of Biological Sciences and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America

Elaine T. Porter

Affiliation Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Mary Ann Ottinger

Affiliation Animal & Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

David J. Anderson

da@wfu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DA MM EP. Performed the experiments: JB DA MM. Analyzed the data: DA MM MO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DA MO. Wrote the paper: DA MM.