About the Authors

Laura Ferguson

Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Ferguson, Ferdinand Marlétaz, Jean-Michel Carter

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ferdinand Marlétaz

Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Ferguson, Ferdinand Marlétaz, Jean-Michel Carter

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Jean-Michel Carter

Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Ferguson, Ferdinand Marlétaz, Jean-Michel Carter

Affiliation Evolutionary Developmental Biology Research Group, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom

William R. Taylor

Affiliation MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom

Melanie Gibbs

Affiliation NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Casper J. Breuker

cbreuker@brookes.ac.uk (CJB); peter.holland@zoo.ox.ac.uk (PWHH)

Affiliation Evolutionary Developmental Biology Research Group, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom

Peter W. H. Holland

cbreuker@brookes.ac.uk (CJB); peter.holland@zoo.ox.ac.uk (PWHH)

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PWHH CJB LF FM JMC WRT. Performed the experiments: FM JMC LF WRT MG. Analyzed the data: PWHH LF FM JMC WRT CJB MG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PWHH MG CJB FM WRT. Wrote the paper: PWHH CJB LF FM JMC WRT MG. Specimen collection: PWHH CJB MG.