About the Authors

Kathryn E. Boes

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

José M. C. Ribeiro

Affiliation Vector Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Alex Wong

Affiliation Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Laura C. Harrington

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Mariana F. Wolfner

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Laura K. Sirot

lsirot@wooster.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LCH MFW LKS. Performed the experiments: KEB LKS. Analyzed the data: KEB JMCR AW LKS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMCR AW LCH LKS. Wrote the paper: KEB JMCR AW LCH MFW LKS. Generated annotated databases of predicted transcripts and proteins from sequenced transcriptomes: JMCR.