About the Authors

James P. Balhoff

balhoff@nescent.org

Affiliations National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Wasila M. Dahdul

Affiliations National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States of America

Cartik R. Kothari

Affiliations National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Hilmar Lapp

Affiliation National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

John G. Lundberg

Affiliation Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Paula Mabee

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States of America

Peter E. Midford

Affiliation National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Monte Westerfield

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

Todd J. Vision

Affiliations National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: JPB WD CK HL JGL PM PM MW TJV. Designed and coded the software: JPB. Defined requirements, assessed user needs, evaluated graphical user interface: JPB WD HL JGL PM MW TJV.