About the Authors

Zheng Lai

Contributed equally to this work with: Zheng Lai, Simona Moravcová

Affiliation Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland

Simona Moravcová

Contributed equally to this work with: Zheng Lai, Simona Moravcová

Affiliation Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland

Yvan Canitrot

Affiliation Université de Toulouse, UPS, CNRS, Toulouse, France

Lukasz P. Andrzejewski

Affiliation Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland

Dervla M. Walshe

Affiliation Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland

Stephen Rea

stephen.rea@nuigalway.ie

Affiliation Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZL SM YC SR. Performed the experiments: ZL SM YC LPA DMW SR. Analyzed the data: ZL SM YC SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YC SR. Wrote the paper: SR.