About the Authors

Simon T. Maddock

s.t.maddock@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, Department of Animal Management, Reaseheath College, Nantwich, CW5 6DF, United Kingdom

Andrew G. Briscoe

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom

Mark Wilkinson

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom

Andrea Waeschenbach

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom

Diego San Mauro

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain

Julia J. Day

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom

D. Tim J. Littlewood

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom

Peter G. Foster

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom

Ronald A. Nussbaum

Affiliations Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109–1079, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109–1079, United States of America

David J. Gower

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: STM AGB MW AW DTJL PGF JJD DJG. Performed the experiments: AW DSM. Analyzed the data: STM AGB MW PGF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PGF RAN DTJL. Wrote the paper: STM AGB MW AW DSM DJG.