About the Authors

Ben Hanelt

bhanelt@unm.edu

Affiliation Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Matthew G. Bolek

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa

Affiliation Zoological Museum and Institute, Biocenter Grindel, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BH MGB ASR. Performed the experiments: BH MGB. Analyzed the data: BH MGB ASR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BH MGB ASR. Wrote the paper: BH.