About the Authors

Gily Merkado

Affiliation Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Danna Titelboim

Affiliation Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Orit Hyams-Kaphzan

Affiliation Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Maria Holzmann

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Genève, Switzerland

Jan Pawlowski

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Genève, Switzerland

Ahuva Almogi-Labin

Affiliation Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Uri Abdu

Affiliation Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Barak Herut

Affiliation Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, National Institute of Oceanography, Haifa, Israel

Sigal Abramovich

sigalabr@bgu.ac.il

Affiliation Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GM DT MH JP UA SA. Performed the experiments: GM DT JP MH UA SA. Analyzed the data: GM DT OHK MH JP AAL UA BH SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAL OHK BH. Wrote the paper: GM DT OHK MH JP AAL UA BH SA.