About the Authors

Rubaba Hamid Shafique

rubaba_hamid@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Pavel B. Klimov

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Faculty of Biology, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia

Muhammad Inam

Affiliation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Farhana Riaz Chaudhary

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Barry M. OConnor

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RHS. Performed the experiments: RHS PBK MI. Analyzed the data: RHS PBK MI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RHS PBK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RHS PBK MI. Supervisors: BMO FRC.