About the Authors

Michelle M. Leger

Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle M. Leger, Ryan M. R. Gawryluk

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre for Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Bioinformatics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ryan M. R. Gawryluk

Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle M. Leger, Ryan M. R. Gawryluk

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre for Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Bioinformatics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Michael W. Gray

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre for Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Bioinformatics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Andrew J. Roger

aroger@dal.ca

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre for Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Bioinformatics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MML RMRG MWG AJR. Performed the experiments: MML RMRG. Analyzed the data: MML RMRG MWG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MML RMRG MWG AJR. Wrote the paper: MML. Critically read and revised the manuscript: RMRG MWG AJR. Obtained early sequence data: MWG.