About the Authors

Christoph Fischer

Affiliation Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria

Stephan Koblmüller

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Christian Gülly

Affiliation Center for Medical Research, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Christian Schlötterer

Affiliation Institute of Population Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Christian Sturmbauer

Christian.Sturmbauer@uni-graz.at (CS); Gerhard.Thallinger@tugraz.at (GGT)

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Gerhard G. Thallinger

Christian.Sturmbauer@uni-graz.at (CS); Gerhard.Thallinger@tugraz.at (GGT)

Affiliation Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CF SK C. Sturmbauer GGT. Performed the experiments: CG C. Schlötterer. Analyzed the data: CF GGT. Wrote the paper: CF GGT. Contributed to and approved the final manuscript: SK CG C. Schlötterer C. Sturmbauer.