About the Authors

Maria Murgarella

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology and Unidad Asociada CSIC, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

Daniela Puiu

Affiliation Center for Computational Biology. McKusick-Nathans, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Beatriz Novoa

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Vigo, Spain

Antonio Figueras

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Vigo, Spain

David Posada

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology and Unidad Asociada CSIC, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

Carlos Canchaya

canchaya@uvigo.es

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology and Unidad Asociada CSIC, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BN AF DP (fifth author) CC. Performed the experiments: CC DP (second author). Analyzed the data: MM CC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BN AF DP (fifth author) CC. Wrote the paper: MM BN AF DP (fifth author) CC.