About the Authors

Roberta M. Bonaldo

Affiliations School of Biology, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Departamento de Ecologia, IB, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Mark E. Hay

mark.hay@biology.gatech.edu

Affiliation School of Biology, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMB MEH. Performed the experiments: RMB MEH. Analyzed the data: RMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MEH RMB. Wrote the paper: RMB MEH.