About the Authors

Bernd Schierwater

Affiliations Division of Ecology and Evolution, Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Kai Kamm

kai.kamm@ecolevol.de

Affiliation Division of Ecology and Evolution, Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Mansi Srivastava

Affiliation Center for Integrative Genomics and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Daniel Rokhsar

Affiliations Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America, Center for Integrative Genomics and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Rafael D. Rosengarten

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Stephen L. Dellaporta

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: SD BS KK RR MS. Wrote the paper: SD BS KK. Other: Coordination of genome sequencing figures: SD. Coordination of genome sequencing: DR BS. Designed figures and illustrations KK.