About the Authors

Dáithí C. Murray

Affiliation Australian Wildlife Forensic Services and Ancient DNA Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

Michael Bunce

m.bunce@murdoch.edu.au

Affiliation Australian Wildlife Forensic Services and Ancient DNA Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

Belinda L. Cannell

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

Rebecca Oliver

Affiliation Australian Wildlife Forensic Services and Ancient DNA Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

Jayne Houston

Affiliation Australian Wildlife Forensic Services and Ancient DNA Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

Nicole E. White

Affiliation Australian Wildlife Forensic Services and Ancient DNA Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

Roberto A. Barrero

Affiliation Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

Matthew I. Bellgard

Affiliation Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

James Haile

Affiliation Australian Wildlife Forensic Services and Ancient DNA Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DCM MB BLC J. Haile. Performed the experiments: DCM BLC RO J. Houston NEW MB J. Haile. Analyzed the data: DCM MB BLC RAB MIB J. Haile. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BC MIB RB. Wrote the paper: DCM MB J. Haile.