About the Authors

Jaco Barendse

jaco.barendse@gmail.com

Affiliations Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Sustainability Research Unit / South African National Parks, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (George Campus), George, South Africa

Peter B. Best

Affiliation Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Inês Carvalho

Affiliations Ocean Giants Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America, Faculdade de Ciências do Mar e Ambiente, Universidade do Algarve, Campus Gambelas, Faro, Portugal

Cristina Pomilla

Affiliations Ocean Giants Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB PBB. Performed the experiments: JB PBB. Analyzed the data: JB IC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB PBB IC CP. Wrote the paper: JB PBB.