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Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Jason Munshi-South conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, wrote the paper, prepared figures and/or tables, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Christopher Nagy analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, wrote the paper, prepared figures and/or tables, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Animal Ethics

The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

All animal handling procedures were approved by the CUNY Brooklyn College Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (Protocol Number 229). The lead author is currently employed by Fordham University, but completed the field work for this study while employed by CUNY.

Field Study Permissions

The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

Permission to collect genetic samples from wild white-footed mice was granted by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (License to Collect or Possess Wildlife Nos. 1262 and 1603), Gateway National Recreation Area, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Central Park Conservancy.

Grant Disclosures

The following grant information was disclosed by the authors:

National Science Foundation DEB 0817259

National Institute of General Medical Sciences / National Institutes of Health 1R15GM099055-01A1

DNA Deposition

The following information was supplied regarding the deposition of DNA sequences:

GenBank KF986735-KF986771

Data Deposition

The following information was supplied regarding the deposition of related data:

NEW

Figshare doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.881830

PREVIOUSLY DEPOSITED, REANALYZED DATA

Dryad doi: 10.5061/dryad.1893

Funding

This work was funded by grants from the National Science Foundation (DEB 0817259) and National Institute of General Medical Sciences / National Institutes of Health (1R15GM099055-01A1) to Jason Munshi-South. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


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