About the Authors

Miroslava Garza

Affiliation Department of Biology, The University of Texas–Pan American, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America

Teresa Patricia Feria Arroyo

tpferia@utpa.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, The University of Texas–Pan American, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America

Edgar A. Casillas

Affiliation Department of Biology, The University of Texas–Pan American, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America

Victor Sanchez-Cordero

Affiliation Laboratorio de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Chissa-Louise Rivaldi

Affiliation Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Sahotra Sarkar

Affiliation Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TPFA SS. Performed the experiments: TPFA MG EAC CR SS. Analyzed the data: TPFA MG CR SS VSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TPFA MG CR SS. Wrote the paper: TPFA MG CR SS VSC.