About the Authors

Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis

Affiliation Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Elinor Pisano

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Development, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Virginia E. Papaioannou

vep1@columbia.edu

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Development, College of Physicians and Surgeons of 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: VP AH EP. Performed the experiments: VP AH EP. Analyzed the data: VP AH EP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH. Wrote the paper: VP AH.