About the Authors

Kelly B. Wyatt

Affiliation Biological Sciences Department, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Paula F. Campos

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

M. Thomas P. Gilbert

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis

Affiliation Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics and Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Wayne H. Hynes

Affiliation Biological Sciences Department, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Rob DeSalle

Affiliation Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics and Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Peter Daszak

Affiliation Consortium for Conservation Medicine, Wildlife Trust, New York, New York, United States of America

Ross D. E. MacPhee

agreenwo@odu.edu (ADG); macphee@amnh.org (RDEM)

Affiliation Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Alex D. Greenwood

agreenwo@odu.edu (ADG); macphee@amnh.org (RDEM)

Affiliations Biological Sciences Department, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America, Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PD RM AG. Performed the experiments: KBW PFC MTPG. Analyzed the data: KBW SOK AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MTPG WH RD PD. Wrote the paper: RM AG. Performed the phylogenetic analysis and aided in writing the manuscript: SOK.