About the Authors

Jean-Baptiste Rayaisse

Affiliation Centre International de Recherche-Développement sur l'Elevage en zone Subhumide (CIRDES), Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Thomas Kröber

Affiliation Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Andrew McMullin

Affiliation Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Philippe Solano

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 177 - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), CIRDES, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Steve Mihok

Affiliation Russell, Ontario, Canada

Patrick M. Guerin

patrick.guerin@unine.ch

Affiliation Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J-BR SM PMG. Performed the experiments: J-BR PS. Analyzed the data: TK AM SM PMG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J-BR TK AM PS PMG. Wrote the paper: AM SM PMG.