About the Authors

Thomas C. Whisenant

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

David T. Ho

Affiliations Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America, Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America

Ryan W. Benz

Affiliation Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America

Jeffrey S. Rogers

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

Robyn M. Kaake

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Gordon

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

Lan Huang

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America

Pierre Baldi

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

Lee Bardwell

bardwell@uci.edu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TCW DTH RWB LB. Performed the experiments: TCW DTH JSR RMK EAG. Analyzed the data: TCW LH PB LB. Wrote the paper: TCW LB.