About the Authors

Stefanie Hartmann

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Conrad Helm

Affiliation University of Leipzig, Institute for Biology II, Molecular Evolution and Systematics of Animals, Leipzig, Germany

Birgit Nickel

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Leipzig, Germany

Matthias Meyer

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Leipzig, Germany

Torsten H. Struck

Affiliation Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany

Ralph Tiedemann

Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Joachim Selbig

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Christoph Bleidorn

bleidorn@rz.uni-leipzig.de

Affiliations Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, University of Leipzig, Institute for Biology II, Molecular Evolution and Systematics of Animals, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH RT JS CB. Performed the experiments: CH BN MM. Analyzed the data: SH TS CB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH CH BN MM CB. Wrote the paper: SH TS RT JS CB.