Nature Communications 5: Article number: 5488 (2014); Published: 25 November 2014; Updated: 22 October 2015.

The affiliation details for Mark Blaxter are incorrect in this Article. The correct affiliation details for this author are given below:

Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK.

Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK.

Edinburgh Genomics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK.