1 Science of Life Laboratories and Department of Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
2 Division of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, LMU Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
3 Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany.
4 Laboratorio de Ecología de Pinnípedos 'Burney J. Le Boeuf', Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Baja California Sur, México.
5 Department of Natural Sciences, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX, USA.
6 Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
7 British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK.
8 Elephant Seal Research Group, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands.
9 Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
10 Department of Animal Behaviour, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
11 Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway.
12 Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland.
13 Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Joensuu, Finland.
14 Department of Ecosystems in the Barents Region, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Svanhovd Research Station, Svanvik, Norway.
15 Laboratory of Mammal Ecology, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo, Brazil.
16 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle, WA, USA.
17 The Saimaa Ringed Seal Genome Project, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
18 Science of Life Laboratories and Department of Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. aaronshafer@trentu.ca.