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We quantify the mass-dependent mode suppression in Fig. 3 by  showing the relative number of suppressed stars (those below the dashed  line in Fig. 2) in narrow mass intervals.   We see no suppressed stars below 1.1\msol, while above this threshold there  is first a gradual increase followed by a rapid increase above approximately  1.5\msol, and a drop beyond 2.0\msol.   The onset of suppression beyond 1.1\msol, coincides with the mass above  which stars are thought to form convective cores during their hydrogen-core  burning phase[REF].  We believe this shows evidence for the establishment of  convectively driven dynamos in the cores of low-mass hydrogen-core burning  stars [REF CharbonneauMacGregor01,MacgregorCassinelli03Brun05].   The gradual increase in suppression may result from the increasing size of  the convective core in more massive stars, which generates stronger  magnetic fields that survive after hydrogen burning ceases in the core.   [Jim/Matteo elaborate?]