MATLAB: How to hide the grid lines behind a marker in map axes using GRIDM function in Mapping Toolbox 3.2 (R2010b)

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When I use GRIDM for a map containing a marker, the grid lines appear in front of the marker.

axesm('pcarree','MapLatLimit',[-90 90],'MapLonLimit',[-90 90]);
gridm
plotm(0,0,'o','markersize',18,'markerfacecolor','g');

I want to hide the grid lines behind the marker.

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The grid lines appear in front of the marker as the default ‘ZData’ property of grid lines is positive. Set the ‘ZData’ values of grid lines to be negative.

axesm('pcarree','MapLatLimit',[-90 90],'MapLonLimit',[-90 90]);
Hg = gridm;
plotm(0,0,'o','markersize',18,'markerfacecolor','g');
% Get the size of 'Zdata' 
Z1n=size(get(Hg(1),'ZData'));
Z2n=size(get(Hg(2),'ZData'));
% set the  ‘ZData’ values to -1
set(Hg(1),'ZData',-ones(Z1n));
set(Hg(2),'ZData',-ones(Z2n));

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