AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
The project was conceived by R.T. S.P, and G.W. The lab work and the life-table experiments were performed by S.P. Data analysis and interpretation of results was carried out by S.P. and A.B.D, with input from R.T.. The manuscript was drafted by S.P. Further editing and manuscript finalization was coordinated by S.P, with contributions from all authors. All contributing authors read and agreed to the final version of the manuscript.
TABLE 1: Summary statistics of the de novoassemblies of the Brachionus calyciflorus s.s. and B. fernandoi transcriptomes.