About the Authors

Jean-François Gout

Affiliation Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, INRIA, UMR 5558, Villeurbanne, France

Daniel Kahn

Affiliation Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, INRIA, UMR 5558, Villeurbanne, France

Laurent Duret

duret@biomserv.univ-lyon1.fr

Affiliation Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, INRIA, UMR 5558, Villeurbanne, France

Paramecium Post-Genomics Consortium

Membership of the Paramecium Post-Genomics Consortium is available in the Acknowledgments.

Affiliation Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, INRIA, UMR 5558, Villeurbanne, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LD. Performed the experiments: JFG. Analyzed the data: JFG. Wrote the paper: JFG DK LD. Designed the model: DK. Contributed expression data: PPGC.