About the Authors

Genevieve Housman

ghousman@asu.edu

Affiliation School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Joanna Malukiewicz

Affiliations School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Vanner Boere

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Adriana D. Grativol

Affiliation Laboratório de Ciências Ambientias, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luiz Cezar M. Pereira

Affiliation Centro de Conservação e Manejo de Fauna da Caatinga, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil

Ita de Oliveira e Silva

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Carlos R. Ruiz-Miranda

Affiliation Laboratório de Ciências Ambientias, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Richard Truman

Affiliation HHS\HRSA\HSB National Hansen's Disease Program-NIAID IAA-2646, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Anne C. Stone

Affiliation School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GH RT ACS. Performed the experiments: GH RT. Analyzed the data: GH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM VB ADG LCMP IdOeS CRRM RT ACS. Wrote the paper: GH.