About the Authors

Nayara O. Belo

Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Renato T. Pinheiro

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Palmas, Brazil

Elivânia S. Reis

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Palmas, Brazil

Robert E. Ricklefs

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Érika M. Braga

embraga@icb.ufmg.br

Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMB NOB RER. Performed the experiments: NOB. Analyzed the data: NOB RER EMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMB RTP ESR RER. Wrote the paper: NOB RER EMB.