About the Authors

Violetta R. Beklemisheva

bekl@mcb.nsc.ru

Affiliation Department of Comparative Genomics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

Polina L. Perelman

Affiliations Department of Comparative Genomics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

Natalya A. Lemskaya

Affiliation Department of Comparative Genomics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

Anastasia I. Kulemzina

Affiliation Department of Comparative Genomics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

Anastasia A. Proskuryakova

Affiliations Department of Comparative Genomics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

Vladimir N. Burkanov

Affiliations Department of Higher Vertebrates Ecology, Kamchatka Branch of Pacific Geographical Institute of Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, Russia, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Centre, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Alexander S. Graphodatsky

Affiliations Department of Comparative Genomics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VRB ASG PLP. Performed the experiments: VRB AIK AAP. Analyzed the data: VRB PLP ASG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VRB PLP AIK AAP NAL VNB ASG. Wrote the paper: VRB PLP ASG NAL.