About the Authors

Adam L. Bazinet

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Michael P. Cummings

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Kim T. Mitter

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Charles W. Mitter

cmitter@umd.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALB MPC KTM CM. Performed the experiments: KTM. Analyzed the data: ALB MPC. Wrote the manuscript: ALB MPC KTM CM.