About the Authors

Les Christidis

les.christidis@gmail.com

Affiliations National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Steven M. Goodman

Affiliations Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Association Vahatra, BP 3972, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Kate Naughton

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Belinda Appleton

Affiliations Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Life and Environmental Science, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC SMG KN BA. Performed the experiments: BA. Analyzed the data: LC KN BA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BA SMG. Wrote the paper: LC BA KN SMG.