About the Authors

Gergely Boza

Affiliations Department of Plant Systematics, Ecology and Theoretical Biology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, MTA-ELTE-MTMT Ecology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary

András Szilágyi

Affiliations Department of Plant Systematics, Ecology and Theoretical Biology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, Parmenides Center for the Conceptual Foundations of Science, Pullach, Germany, MTA-ELTE Research Group in Theoretical Biology and Evolutionary Ecology, Budapest, Hungary

Ádám Kun

Affiliations Department of Plant Systematics, Ecology and Theoretical Biology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, MTA-ELTE-MTMT Ecology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary, Parmenides Center for the Conceptual Foundations of Science, Pullach, Germany

Mauro Santos

Affiliation Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Grup de Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Eörs Szathmáry

szathmary.eors@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Plant Systematics, Ecology and Theoretical Biology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, Parmenides Center for the Conceptual Foundations of Science, Pullach, Germany, MTA-ELTE Research Group in Theoretical Biology and Evolutionary Ecology, Budapest, Hungary

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GB AS ÁK MS ES. Performed the experiments: GB AS ÁK. Analyzed the data: GB AS ÁK. Wrote the paper: GB AS ÁK MS ES.