About the Authors

Hiromi Sawai

Current address: Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyou, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Hayama Center for Advanced Studies, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan

Hie Lim Kim

Current address: Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Hayama Center for Advanced Studies, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan

Kaori Kuno

Affiliation Hayama Center for Advanced Studies, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan

Sayaka Suzuki

Affiliation Hayama Center for Advanced Studies, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan

Hideo Gotoh

Affiliation National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Masaru Takada

Affiliation The Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Naoyuki Takahata

Affiliation The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan

Yoko Satta

[email protected]

Affiliation Hayama Center for Advanced Studies, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan

Fumihito Akishinonomiya

Affiliation Hayama Center for Advanced Studies, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NT. Performed the experiments: HS KK SS. Analyzed the data: HS HLK YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS HG MT FA. Wrote the paper: NT YS.