About the Authors

Hiromasa Tanaka

Affiliations Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Tau-Mu Yi

tmy@uci.edu

Affiliations Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HT TMY. Performed the experiments: HT. Analyzed the data: HT TMY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HT TMY. Wrote the paper: HT TMY. Created the concept of alternative inputs: HT.