About the Authors

Brandon R. Menzies

menzies@izw-berlin.de

Affiliations Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany, Department of Zoology, the University of Melbourne, Royal Parade, Victoria, Australia

Marilyn B. Renfree

Affiliation Department of Zoology, the University of Melbourne, Royal Parade, Victoria, Australia

Thomas Heider

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Frieder Mayer

Affiliation Berlin Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Invalidenstrasse, Berlin, Germany

Thomas B. Hildebrandt

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Andrew J. Pask

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BRM MBR TBH AJP. Performed the experiments: BRM TH AJP. Analyzed the data: BRM TH AJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BRM MBR FM AJP. Wrote the paper: BRM MBR TH TBH AJP.