About the Authors

Thomas J. Sharpton

thomas.sharpton@gladstone.ucsf.edu

Affiliation The J. David Gladstone Institutes, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Samantha J. Riesenfeld

Affiliation The J. David Gladstone Institutes, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Steven W. Kembel

Affiliation Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

Joshua Ladau

Affiliation The J. David Gladstone Institutes, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

James P. O'Dwyer

Affiliations Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Jessica L. Green

Affiliation Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

Jonathan A. Eisen

Affiliation Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Katherine S. Pollard

Affiliations The J. David Gladstone Institutes, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Institute for Human Genetics & Division of Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TJS SJR SWK JL JPOD JLG JAE KSP. Performed the experiments: TJS. Analyzed the data: TJS SJR SWK JL JPOD JLG JAE KSP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TJS SJR SWK JL. Wrote the paper: TJS SJR SWK JL JPOD JLG JAE KSP.