About the Authors

Massimiliano Virgilio

massimilano.virgilio@africamuseum.be

Affiliations Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium

Kurt Jordaens

Affiliations Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium, Joint Experimental Molecular Unit, Tervuren, Belgium

Floris C. Breman

Affiliations Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium, Joint Experimental Molecular Unit, Tervuren, Belgium

Thierry Backeljau

Affiliations Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Marc De Meyer

Affiliation Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MV KJ TB MDM. Performed the experiments: MV KJ FCB. Analyzed the data: MV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MV KJ FCB. Wrote the paper: MV KJ TB MDM.