About the Authors

Matthew D. MacManes

macmanes@gmail.com

Current address: California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Eileen A. Lacey

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

MDMs’ current postdoctoral adviser is Michael Eisen, a co-founder of PLoS and a member of the board of directors. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLoS ONE policies.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDM. Performed the experiments: MDM. Analyzed the data: MDM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDM. Wrote the paper: MDM EAL.