About the Authors

Vincent Ranwez

Vincent.Ranwez@univ-montp2.fr

Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554-CNRS, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France

Sébastien Harispe

Affiliations Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554-CNRS, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France, Centre de Recherche LGI2P de l'Ecole des Mines d'Alès, Nîmes, France

Frédéric Delsuc

Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554-CNRS, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France

Emmanuel J. P. Douzery

Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554-CNRS, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VR SH. Performed the experiments: VR SH FD EJPD. Analyzed the data: VR SH FD EJPD. Wrote the paper: VR SH FD EJPD. Designed the software used in analysis: VR SH.