About the Authors

Kowiyou Yessoufou

kyessoufou@uj.ac.za

Affiliation African Centre for DNA Barcoding, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Barnabas H. Daru

Affiliation African Centre for DNA Barcoding, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

T. Jonathan Davies

Affiliation Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KY BHD. Performed the experiments: KY BHD. Analyzed the data: KY BHD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KY BHD TJD. Wrote the paper: KY BHD TJD. Provided guidance in data analysis: TJD.