About the Authors

Brian P. Lazzaro

BL89@cornell.edu

Affiliations Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, Field of Genetics and Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Heather A. Flores

Affiliation Field of Genetics and Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

James G. Lorigan

Affiliation Field of Genetics and Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Christopher P. Yourth

Current address: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BL HF JL CY. Performed the experiments: BL HF JL CY. Analyzed the data: BL. Wrote the paper: BL HF JL CY.