About the Authors

Yessica Rico

yessica.ricom@gmail.com

Affiliations Forensic Science Department, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada, Natural Resources DNA Profiling and Forensics Centre, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada

James Morris-Pocock

Current address: School of Health Sciences, St. Lawrence College, Brockville, ON, Canada

Affiliations Forensic Science Department, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada, Natural Resources DNA Profiling and Forensics Centre, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada

Joanna Zigouris

Current address: Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough ON, Canada

Affiliation Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada

Joseph J. Nocera

Affiliation Applied Research Development Branch, Wildlife Research Development Section, Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, ON, Canada

Christopher J. Kyle

Affiliations Forensic Science Department, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada, Natural Resources DNA Profiling and Forensics Centre, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMP CJK. Performed the experiments: JMP JZ. Analyzed the data: YR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJK JN. Wrote the paper: YR CJK JMP JZ.