About the Authors

James Wasmuth

Affiliations Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Program for Molecular Structure and Function, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ralf Schmid

Affiliations Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Ann Hedley

Affiliation Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Mark Blaxter

mark.blaxter@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW RS AH MB. Performed the experiments: JW RS AH MB. Analyzed the data: JW RS AH MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW RS AH MB. Wrote the paper: JW RS AH MB.