About the Authors

Marc Kochzius

marc.kochzius@vub.ac.be

Affiliations Centre for Applied Gene Sensor Technology (CAG), FB2-UFT, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, Marine Biology, Free University of Brussels (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

Christian Seidel

Current address: Institute of Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Affiliation Centre for Applied Gene Sensor Technology (CAG), FB2-UFT, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Aglaia Antoniou

Affiliation Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics, Hellenic Centre of Marine Research, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Sandeep Kumar Botla

Current address: Functional Genome Analysis (B070), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Affiliation Centre for Applied Gene Sensor Technology (CAG), FB2-UFT, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Daniel Campo

Current address: University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Functional Biology, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain

Alessia Cariani

Affiliation Department of Experimental Evolutionary Biology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Eva Garcia Vazquez

Affiliation Department of Functional Biology, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain

Janet Hauschild

Current address: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit, Institut für Nutztiergenetik, Neustadt, Germany

Affiliation Centre for Applied Gene Sensor Technology (CAG), FB2-UFT, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Caroline Hervet

Current address: INRA, Jouy en Josas, France

Affiliation UMR 5244 CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, Université de Perpignan, Perpignan, France

Sigridur Hjörleifsdottir

Affiliation Prokaria, Matis ohf, Reykjavik, Iceland

Gudmundur Hreggvidsson

Affiliations Prokaria, Matis ohf, Reykjavik, Iceland, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

Kristina Kappel

Affiliation Centre for Applied Gene Sensor Technology (CAG), FB2-UFT, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Monica Landi

Current address: CBMA (Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology), Department of Biology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Affiliation Department of Experimental Evolutionary Biology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Antonios Magoulas

Affiliation Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics, Hellenic Centre of Marine Research, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Viggo Marteinsson

Affiliation Prokaria, Matis ohf, Reykjavik, Iceland

Manfred Nölte

Affiliation Zentrum für Technomathematik (ZeTeM), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Serge Planes

Current address: USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE, CRIOBE et CBETM, Moorea, Polynésie Française

Affiliation UMR 5244 CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, Université de Perpignan, Perpignan, France

Fausto Tinti

Affiliation Department of Experimental Evolutionary Biology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Cemal Turan

Affiliation Faculty of Fisheries, Mustafa Kemal University, Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey

Moleyur N. Venugopal

Affiliation College of Fisheries, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Hannes Weber

Affiliation Centre for Applied Gene Sensor Technology (CAG), FB2-UFT, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Dietmar Blohm

Affiliation Centre for Applied Gene Sensor Technology (CAG), FB2-UFT, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK DB. Performed the experiments: MK CS SKB JH SH GH VM MNV. Analyzed the data: MK CS JH MN HW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK AA DC AC EGV CH SH GH KK ML AM VM MN SP FT CT HW DB. Wrote the paper: MK AA AC SP FT DB.