About the Authors

Silvester de Nooijer

Affiliation Allan Wilson Center for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Barbara R. Holland

Affiliation Allan Wilson Center for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

David Penny

d.penny@massey.ac.nz

Affiliation Allan Wilson Center for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BRH DP. Performed the experiments: SdN. Analyzed the data: SdN. Wrote the paper: SdN BRH DP.