About the Authors

James C. Sullivan

Current address: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Francis S. Wolenski

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Adam M. Reitzel

Current address: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Courtney E. French

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nikki Traylor-Knowles

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Thomas D. Gilmore

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

John R. Finnerty

jrf3@bu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

N/A

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCS FSW AMR TDG JRF. Performed the experiments: JCS FSW AMR CEF NRTK. Analyzed the data: JCS FSW AMR NRTK TDG JRF. Wrote the paper: JCS TDG JRF.