About the Authors

Mark S. Springer

mark.springer@ucr.edu (MS); wmurphy@cvm.tamu.edu (WJM)

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Robert W. Meredith

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America, Department of Biology and Molecular Biology, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, United States of America

John Gatesy

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Christopher A. Emerling

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Jong Park

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Daniel L. Rabosky

Affiliations Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Tanja Stadler

Affiliation Institut für Integrative Biologie, Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Cynthia Steiner

Affiliation San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo Global, San Diego, California, United States of America

Oliver A. Ryder

Affiliation San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo Global, San Diego, California, United States of America

Jan E. Janečka

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Colleen A. Fisher

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

William J. Murphy

mark.springer@ucr.edu (MS); wmurphy@cvm.tamu.edu (WJM)

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSS RWM JG DLR TS OAR JEJ WJM. Performed the experiments: MSS RWM CAE JP CS JEJ CAF WJM. Analyzed the data: MSS RWM CAE JP WJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSS JG DLR TS OAR WJM. Wrote the paper: MSS RWM WJM. Provided comments on manuscript: JG CAE JP DLR TS CS OAR CAF JEJ.