About the Authors

Fabien Burki

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Fabien.Burki@zoo.unige.ch

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Animal Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Kamran Shalchian-Tabrizi

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Marianne Minge

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Åsmund Skjæveland

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Sergey I. Nikolaev

Affiliation Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Kjetill S. Jakobsen

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Jan Pawlowski

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Animal Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FB JP. Performed the experiments: FB MM. Analyzed the data: KS FB MM JP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SN AS. Wrote the paper: KS FB KJ JP.