About the Authors

Holly M. Bik

holly.bik@gmail.com

Affiliations Hubbard Center for Genome Studies, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, United States of America, University of California Davis Genome Center, Davis, California, United States of America

Kenneth M. Halanych

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Jyotsna Sharma

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

W. Kelley Thomas

Affiliation Hubbard Center for Genome Studies, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HMB KMH WKT. Performed the experiments: HMB JS. Analyzed the data: HMB JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WKT KMH. Wrote the paper: HMB.