About the Authors

Mason Posner

mposner@ashland.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio, United States of America

Andor J. Kiss

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America

Jackie Skiba

Affiliation Department of Biology, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio, United States of America

Amy Drossman

Affiliation Department of Biology, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio, United States of America

Monika B. Dolinska

Affiliation Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

J. Fielding Hejtmancik

Affiliation Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Yuri V. Sergeev

Affiliation Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP JS AD AJK JFH YVS. Performed the experiments: MP JS AD AJK MD YVS. Analyzed the data: MP JS AD AJK MD YVS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP AJK JFH YVS. Wrote the paper: MP JS AD AJK JFH YVS.