Geography is a stronger predictor of diversification of monogenean parasites (Platyhelminthes) than host relatedness in characin fishes of Middle America

• Fernando Alda ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fernando Alda, Edgar F. Mendoza-Franco

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: fernando.alda@csic.es

  Affiliations Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC; CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancón, Republic of Panama

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6858-9566

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• Edgar F. Mendoza-Franco ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fernando Alda, Edgar F. Mendoza-Franco

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Instituto de Ecología, Pesquerías y Oceanografía del Golfo de México (EPOMEX), Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, Mexico

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• William Hanson-Regan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Unites States of America

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• Ruth G. Reina ,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  ¶Deceased.

  Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancón, Republic of Panama

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• Eldredge Bermingham,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancón, Republic of Panama

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• MarkE. Torchin

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancón, Republic of Panama, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

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