About the Authors

Megan L. Coghlan

Affiliation Australian Wildlife Forensic Services and Ancient DNA Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

James Haile

Affiliation Australian Wildlife Forensic Services and Ancient DNA Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

Jayne Houston

Affiliation Australian Wildlife Forensic Services and Ancient DNA Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

Dáithí C. Murray

Affiliation Australian Wildlife Forensic Services and Ancient DNA Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

Nicole E. White

Affiliation Australian Wildlife Forensic Services and Ancient DNA Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

Paula Moolhuijzen

Affiliation Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

Matthew I. Bellgard

Affiliation Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

Michael Bunce

m.bunce@murdoch.edu.au

Affiliation Australian Wildlife Forensic Services and Ancient DNA Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ML Coghlan, J Haile, M Bunce. Performed the experiments: ML Coghlan, J Houston, J Haile, NE White. Analyzed the data: ML Coghlan, J Haile, DC Murray, P Moolhuijzen, MI Bellgard, M Bunce. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: P Moolhuijzen, MI Bellgard, DC Murray, M Bunce. Wrote the paper: ML Coghlan, J Haile, DC Murray, M Bunce.