About the Authors

Jon S. Beadell

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: beadellj@si.edu

Affiliations Genetics Program, National Zoological Park, Washington, D. C., United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Colm Atkins

Affiliation Genetics Program, National Zoological Park, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Erin Cashion

Affiliation Genetics Program, National Zoological Park, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Michelle Jonker

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Robert C. Fleischer

Affiliation Genetics Program, National Zoological Park, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB. Performed the experiments: JB CA EC MJ RF. Analyzed the data: JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB RF. Wrote the paper: JB.