About the Authors

Svetlana A. Romanenko

rosa@mcb.nsc.ru (SAR); fy1@sanger.ac.uk (FY)

Affiliations Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

Polina L. Perelman

Affiliations Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

Vladimir A. Trifonov

Affiliations Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

Natalia A. Serdyukova

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

Tangliang Li

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, PR China

Beiyuan Fu

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom

Patricia C. M. O’Brien

Affiliation Centre for Veterinary Science, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Bee L. Ng

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom

Wenhui Nie

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, PR China

Thomas Liehr

Affiliation Jena University Hospital, Institute of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Jena, Germany

Roscoe Stanyon

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Alexander S. Graphodatsky

Affiliations Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

Fengtang Yang

rosa@mcb.nsc.ru (SAR); fy1@sanger.ac.uk (FY)

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASG FY. Performed the experiments: BF BLN FY NAS PCMOB PLP RS SAR T. Liehr T. Li VAT WN. Analyzed the data: SAR FY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BF PLP SAR. Wrote the paper: ASG SAR FY RS. Proofread the paper: PCMOB PLP T. Li VAT WN.