About the Authors
- Paul D. Waters
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Affiliations Evolutionary Genomics Group, Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa, Comparative Genomics Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Gauthier Dobigny
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Affiliations Evolutionary Genomics Group, Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
- Peter J. Waddell
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Affiliations Laboratory of Biometry and Bioinformatics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, South Carolina Cancer Center, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
- Terence J. Robinson
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: tjr@sun.ac.za
Affiliation Evolutionary Genomics Group, Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GD TR PW PW. Performed the experiments: GD PW. Analyzed the data: PW PW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TR. Wrote the paper: GD TR PW PW. Other: Did some of the bench-work, preliminary phylogenetic analyses, and assisted with the write-up of the manuscript: GD. Provided funding, direction and assisted with the write-up of the manuscript: TR. Wrote the first draft, did most of the bench-work, the bioinformatic analysis, and data mining: PW. Undertook most of the phylogenetic analyses and assisted with the write-up of the manuscript: PW.