About the Authors

Michael G. Tassia

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, United States of America

Johanna T. Cannon

Affiliations Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, United States of America, Department of Zoology, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden

Charlotte E. Konikoff

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Noa Shenkar

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA, United States of America, Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Science, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Kenneth M. Halanych

Affiliations Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, United States of America

Billie J. Swalla

bjswalla@u.washington.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGT JTC CEK NS KMH BJS. Performed the experiments: MGT CEK NS. Analyzed the data: MGT JTC CEK NS KMH BJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGT JTC CEK NS KMH BJS. Wrote the paper: MGT JTC CEK NS KMH BJS.