About the Authors

Stinus Lindgreen

Contributed equally to this work with: Stinus Lindgreen, Sinan Uğur Umu

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Sinan Uğur Umu

Contributed equally to this work with: Stinus Lindgreen, Sinan Uğur Umu

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Alicia Sook-Wei Lai

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Hisham Eldai

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Wenting Liu

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Stephanie McGimpsey

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Nicole E. Wheeler

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Patrick J. Biggs

Affiliations Institute of Veterinary, Animal & Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology & Evolution, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Nick R. Thomson

Affiliation Pathogen Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom

Lars Barquist

Affiliations Pathogen Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom, Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Anthony M. Poole

anthony.poole@canterbury.ac.nz (AMP); paul.gardner@canterbury.ac.nz (PPG)

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology & Evolution, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Paul P. Gardner

anthony.poole@canterbury.ac.nz (AMP); paul.gardner@canterbury.ac.nz (PPG)

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMP PPG. Performed the experiments: SL SUU ASWL HE WL SM NEW LB PPG. Analyzed the data: SL SUU ASWL HE WL SM NEW LB PPG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJB NRT. Wrote the paper: AMP PPG SL SUU LB.