About the Authors

Jianghui Wang

Affiliation Biosciences Research Division, Department of Primary Industries, Bundoora, Australia

Emily S. W. Wong

Affiliations Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Kangaroo Genomics, Parkville, Australia

Jane C. Whitley

Affiliation Biosciences Research Division, Department of Primary Industries, Bundoora, Australia

Jian Li

Affiliation Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Australia

Jessica M. Stringer

Affiliations Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Kangaroo Genomics, Parkville, Australia, Department of Zoology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

Kirsty R. Short

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

Marilyn B. Renfree

Affiliations Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Kangaroo Genomics, Parkville, Australia, Department of Zoology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

Katherine Belov

Contributed equally to this work with: Katherine Belov, Benjamin G. Cocks

kathy.belov@sydney.edu.au

Affiliations Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Kangaroo Genomics, Parkville, Australia

Benjamin G. Cocks

Contributed equally to this work with: Katherine Belov, Benjamin G. Cocks

Affiliations Biosciences Research Division, Department of Primary Industries, Bundoora, Australia, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KB BC. Performed the experiments: JW JL JCW ESWW JMS KRS. Analyzed the data: JW JL ESWW JMS KRS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MBR. Wrote the paper: KB BC. Commented on drafts of the manuscript: JW JL JCW ESWW JMS KRS MBR KB BC.